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A 3D map of the nearby stars.
A 3D map of the nearby stars.
The rings are spaced at every 5 light years.
The triangles show the elevation of the stars. Blue are above the galactic plane, red bellow.
The closest Star is Proxima Centauri, a component of the Alpha Centauri system.
Modèle 3D des étoiles rapprochées, les triangles bleus sont au dessus du plan galactique et les triangles rouges en dessous.
As of August 2020 planets have been identified around the following stars:
Proxima Centauri (M) 4.3 ly. At least 2 planets, including one in the habitable zone. Habitability is yet to be proven.
Barnard's Star (M) 6 ly. One Super Earth
GL 406 (Wolf 359) (M5). 7.9 ly. 2 planets detected in 2019
Lalande 21185(M) 8,3 ly. One likely candidate planet.
Epsilon Eridani(K2) 10.5 ly. Likely and certainly a dust disk. A young star.
GL 447 (Ross 128) (M)11 ly. One planet likely in the habitable zone, 1.38 Earth masses.
Tau Ceti (G)12 ly. At least 4 planets, some possibly in the habitable zone. Dust disk as well.
Epsilon Indi A(K) Ba Bb(brown dwarfs). 12ly. At least one gas giant, 45 years period
Stars that have no identified planets yet:
Alpha Centauri A(G) and B(K). 4.5 ly. Nothing yet, although not ruled out.
GL 65 (Luyten 726-8) . 8.7 ly.
Sirius A (A1)and B(White dwarf). 8,6 ly.
GL 866 (EZ Aquarii, Luyten 789-6) A(M),B(M),C(M). 11,3 ly.
Procyon A(F5) and B(white dwarf). 11.4 ly.
61 Cygni - A (K) and B (K). 11,4 ly.
Lacaille 8760(M). 12.9 ly. Flare star.
Hypothetical planet and large moon at Alpha Centauri.
In this image the second sun is probably too large. Alpha Centauri is a binary Star with a Yellow and an Orange component. A large crater is veiled by a dusty atmosphere.
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