Talk:List of nearest stars
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Suggestion to make this a numbered list. The current bullet list has multiple entries on some lines, so it would need exploding for the numbers to make sense. -- Tarquin 19:04 Oct 15, 2002 (UTC)
- Sun - 8 light minutes from Earth
- Alpha Centauri Star System - Proxima Centauri = 4.22 LY [YH],
- Alpha Centauri A
- ... and B, both 4.36 LY [YS].
- Barnard's Star - 5.96 LY [YH].
- Wolf 359 - 7.78 LY [Y].
- Lalande 21185 - 8.29 LY [YH]
Makes sense, since the ordering is actually significant. I'll get right on that. Bryan
There. I did some fancy nested-list stuff with binary stars, since I figured that it would be misleading to explicitly number one or the other as being nearer; using a bulleted sub-list seemed the only fair solution to me. Proxima centauri is an exception, but that's okay because there's still some question about whether it's a member of the alpha centauri star system anyway. It's still not perfect, since the main numbered list counts star systems rather than stars, but it's easy enough to change if need be. Bryan
Cool -- Tarquin
Should the current numbering not be for an article called list of nearest star systems? -- I am Jack's username, 2003-04-01t01:10z
According to [1] (http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/topstory/2003/0520newstar.html) SO25300.5+165258 may be about 7.8 ly from Sol. It also calls it a "star that may be the third closest to the Sun", but from my reckoning it would be the 5th closest system, and 7th closest star to Sol. -- Jeandré, 2003-05-27t21:07z
What do folks think of color coding this table? e.g. Displaying the table cells of stars not visible to the naked eye in grey, displaying spectral class in an appropriate color? I'm going to give this a try, but feel free to revert it if seems too cheesy... FelineAvenger 02:20, 26 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Looks nice. Question - Do we want to add Teegarden's star to the list? CJewell (talk) 14:30, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Teegarden's star is already on the list FelineAvenger 08:05, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)
DENIS 1048-3956
DENIS 1048-3956 (http://www.chara.gsu.edu/~jao/press/press.html) 13.2 ± 0.1 light-years away from Sun.