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Stars within 10 light years

All known stars and brown dwarfs within 10.5 light years of the Sun – at their real positions, converted from sky coordinates (right ascension, declination, distance) to galactic coordinates.

Key points

Galactic plane — the grid lies in the plane of the Milky Way through the Sun; rings every 2 light years, the orange arrow points to the galactic centre.
Stalks — the vertical line shows how far a star lies above or below the plane.
Colours — by spectral class: Sirius A (blue-white), the Sun and α Centauri A (yellow), many red dwarfs, brown dwarfs (Luhman 16) and the cold sub-brown dwarf WISE 0855−0714.
Info card — click or hover over a star to see its type, spectral class, distance and galactic coordinates.

What to look for

Most neighbours are faint red dwarfs – only α Centauri A/B, Sirius and Epsilon Eridani are visible to the naked eye. The cut-off is 10.5 instead of 10 light years so that Ross 248 and Epsilon Eridani are included.

Source and notes

Data: Wikipedia: List of nearest stars (Gaia EDR3, RECONS and others), retrieved October 2026.
Binary stars (Sirius A/B, α Cen A/B, Luyten 726-8 A/B, Luhman 16 A/B) are pulled slightly apart for visibility.
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Positions for epoch J2000; star sizes are symbolic, not to scale.

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