This is a list of stars,

neutron stars A neutron star is the collapsed core of a massive supergiant star, which had a total mass of between 10 and 25 solar masses, possibly more if the star was especially metal-rich. Except for black holes and some hypothetical objects (e.g. white ...

white dwarfs A white dwarf is a stellar core remnant composed mostly of electron-degenerate matter. A white dwarf is very dense: its mass is comparable to the Sun's, while its volume is comparable to the Earth's. A white dwarf's faint luminosity comes fro ...

and

brown dwarfs Brown dwarfs (also called failed stars) are substellar objects that are not massive enough to sustain nuclear fusion of ordinary hydrogen ( 1H) into helium in their cores, unlike a main-sequence star. Instead, they have a mass between the most m ...

which are the least voluminous known (the smallest stars by volume).

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Notable small stars

This is a list of small stars that are notable for characteristics that are not separately listed. } , - ,

GRW +70 8247 GRW +70 8247 is a white dwarf star located 42 light-years from Earth in the constellation Draco. With a magnitude of about 13 it is visible only through a large telescope. Properties Although photographed in the 19th century as part of th ...

(Gliese 742) , 5,950 , , = 0.00857\ R_\odot. , - ,

Gliese 915 Gliese may refer to: * Rochus Gliese (1891—1978), a German actor, director, production designer, and art director * Wilhelm Gliese (1915–1993), a German astronomer, best known for the Gliese Catalogue of Nearby Stars * Gliese Catalogue of Near ...

, 6,748.3 , , , - ,

AE Aquarii AE Aquarii is a cataclysmic variable binary star of the DQ Herculis type. Based upon parallax measurements, the system is located at a distance of about from the Earth. Because of its unique properties, this system has been subject to a ...

A , 6,950 , , , - ,

AR Scorpii AR Scorpii (AR Sco) is a binary pulsar that consists of a white dwarf and a red dwarf. It is located close to the ecliptic plane in the constellation Scorpius. Parallax measurements made by ''Gaia'' put the system at a distance of abou ...

, 6,950 , The only known white dwarf pulsar , , - ,

G 29-38 Giclas 29-38, also known as ZZ Piscium, is a variable star, variable white dwarf star of the Pulsating white dwarf, DAV (or ZZ Ceti) type, whose variability is due to amplitude, large-amplitude, non-radial pulsations known as gravity wave ...

, 6,950 , , , - ,

LP 145-141 LP 145-141 (also LAWD 37) is a white dwarf located 15 light years from the Solar System. According to a 2009 paper, it is the fourth closest known white dwarf to the Sun (after Sirius B, Procyon B, and van Maanen's star.) History of o ...

, 6,950 , 4th nearest white dwarf. , , - ,

PSR B1620-26 PSR may refer to: Organizations * Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, California, US * Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research * Physicians for Social Responsibility, US ;Political parties: * Revolutionary Socialist Party (Portugal) ( ...

B , 6,950 , An exoplanet orbits PSR B1620-26 B and its pulsar companion (see above) in a

circumbinary A circumbinary planet is a planet that orbits two stars instead of one. The two stars orbit each other in a binary system, while the planet typically orbits farther from the center of the system than either of the two stars. In contrast, circums ...

orbit. , , - ,

Van Maanen 2 Van Maanen 2, or van Maanen's Star, is the closest known solitary white dwarf to the solar system. It is a dense, compact stellar remnant no longer generating energy and has equivalent to about 68% of the Sun's mass but only 1% of its ...

, 6,950 , , , - , WD 0810–353 , 6,950 , , , - , YZ Leonis Minoris A , 6,950 , , , - , QS Virginis A , 7,658 , , , - ,

Stein 2051 Stein 2051 (Gliese 169.1, G 175-034, LHS 26/27) is a nearby binary star system, containing a red dwarf (component A) and a degenerate star (white dwarf) (component B), located in constellation Camelopardalis at about 18 ly from Earth. ...

B , 7,930 , , , - ,

Ross 548 Ross 548 is a white dwarf in the equatorial constellation of Cetus. With a mean apparent visual magnitude of 14.2 it is much too faint to be visible to the naked eye. Based on parallax measurements, it is located at a distance of 107 ...

''(ZZ Ceti)'' , 8,209 , , , - , CR Boötis A , 8,350 , , , - ,

DQ Herculis DQ Herculis, or Nova Herculis 1934, was a slow, bright nova occurring in the northern constellation of Hercules in December 1934. This cataclysmic variable star was discovered on 13 December 1934 by J. P. M. Prentice from Stowmarket, ...

A , 8,420 , A slow, bright

nova A nova (plural novae or novas) is a transient astronomical event that causes the sudden appearance of a bright, apparently "new" star (hence the name "nova", which is Latin for "new") that slowly fades over weeks or months. Causes of the dramati ...

that reached peak brightness on with an

apparent magnitude Apparent magnitude () is a measure of the brightness of a star or other astronomical object observed from Earth. An object's apparent magnitude depends on its intrinsic luminosity, its distance from Earth, and any extinction of the object's li ...

of 1.5. , , - , Procyon B , 8,595 , Second nearest white dwarf. , , - ,

GD 165 GD 165 is a system of a white dwarf and a brown dwarf of spectral types DA4 + L4, located in constellation Boötes at approximately 103 light-years from Earth. GD 165 B remained the only brown dwarf companion of a white dwarf until t ...

A , 8,626.5 , , , - , ESO 439-26 , 8,775.5 , Faintest known white dwarf. , , - ,

Gliese 293 L 97-12 (or WD 0752-676, or LHS 34, or Gliese 293) is a nearby degenerate star (white dwarf), located in the constellation Volans, the single known component of the system. Distance Possibly, L 97-12 is the ninth-closest white dwarf aft ...

, 8,900 , , , - , Wolf 489 , 9,044 , , , - , HD 44120 C , 9,044 , , , - , WD 1856+534 , 9,113.67 , , , - ,

Epsilon Reticuli Epsilon Reticuli, Latinized from ε Reticuli, is a double star approximately 59 light-years away in the constellation of Reticulum. The primary component is an orange subgiant, while the secondary is a white dwarf. The two sta ...

B , 9,185 , , , - ,

KOI-256 KOI-256 is a double star located in the constellation Cygnus (constellation), Cygnus approximately from Earth. While observations by the Kepler (spacecraft), ''Kepler'' spacecraft suggested the system contained a gas giant exoplanet or ...

B , 9,350 , , , - , RR Caeli white dwarf , 10,908.5 , , , - ,

WD 1145+017 WD may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''The Walking Dead'' (TV series) * ''White Dwarf'' (magazine) Businesses and organizations Government agencies * Royal Canadian Air Force Women's Division * War Department (United Kingdom) Oth ...

, 13,926.84 , Host star of one of the smallest exoplanets. , , - ,

NN Serpentis NN Serpentis (abbreviated NN Ser) is an eclipsing post-common envelope binary system approximately 1670 light-years away. The system comprises an eclipsing white dwarf and red dwarf. The two stars orbit each other every 0.13 days. Pla ...

white dwarf , 14,679.5 , , , - , Beta Crateris B , 18,800 , , , - , Feige 55 , 19,450 , , = 0.02796\ R_\odot. , - , Central star of the Dumbbell Nebula , 38,265 , , , - , KPD 0005+5106 , 41,045 , , , - , PSR J0348+0432 B , 45,268 , A white dwarf that orbits its pulsar companion (see above) , , - , TMTS J052610.43+593445.1 , 45,916 ,

B-type subdwarf A B-type subdwarf (sdB) is a kind of subdwarf star with spectral type B. They differ from the typical subdwarf by being much hotter and brighter. They are situated at the "extreme horizontal branch" of the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram. Masses o ...

, Smallest known non-degenerate star. , , - , WISEA 1810−1010 , 46,840 , rowspan="2" ,

Brown dwarf Brown dwarfs (also called failed stars) are substellar objects that are not massive enough to sustain nuclear fusion of ordinary hydrogen ( 1H) into helium in their cores, unlike a main-sequence star. Instead, they have a mass between the most ...

, Smallest known brown dwarf. , , - , , 54,120 , , , - , BE Ursae Majoris A , 54,250 ,

O-type subdwarf A subdwarf O star (sdO) is a type of hot, but low-mass star. O-type subdwarfs are much dimmer than regular O-type main-sequence stars, but with a brightness about 10 to 100 times that of the Sun, and have a mass approximately half that of the Sun. ...

, , , - , CWISE J124909.08+362116.0 , 55,650 ,

red dwarf ''Red Dwarf'' is a British science fiction comedy franchise created by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, which primarily consists of a television sitcom that aired on BBC Two between 1988 and 1999, and on Dave since 2009, gaining a cult following. T ...

, A high-velocity star travelling the Milky Way at 456 km/s. , , - ,

Epsilon Indi Epsilon Indi, Latinized from ε Indi, is a star system located at a distance of approximately 12 light-years from Earth in the southern constellation of Indus. The star has an orange hue and is faintly visible to the naked eye with an a ...

Ba , 55,656 , rowspan="7" ,

, , , - , LHS 6343 C , 55,978 , , , - ,

Bb , 57,050 , , , - ,

54 Piscium 54 Piscium is an orange dwarf star approximately 36 light-years away in the constellation of Pisces (constellation), Pisces. In 2003, an extrasolar planet was confirmed to be orbiting the star, and in 2006, a brown dwarf was also discover ...

B , 57,050 , , , - , 2MASS J1126−5003 , 57,193.5 , , , - , UGPS J0521+3640 , 57,193.5 , , , - , Wolf 1130 C , 58,625 , , , - , , EBLM J0555-57Ab, , 60,000 ,

Red dwarf ''Red Dwarf'' is a British science fiction comedy franchise created by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, which primarily consists of a television sitcom that aired on BBC Two between 1988 and 1999, and on Dave since 2009, gaining a cult following. T ...

, , This red dwarf has a size comparable to that of the planet

Saturn Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest in the Solar System, after Jupiter. It is a gas giant with an average radius of about nine and a half times that of Earth. It has only one-eighth the average density of Earth; h ...

. As of 2019, it is the second lightest hydrogen-fusing star known, marginally heavier (0.0777-0.0852) than the

2MASS J0523-1403 Mass is an intrinsic property of a body. It was traditionally believed to be related to the quantity of matter in a physical body, until the discovery of the atom and particle physics. It was found that different atoms and different elementar ...

. Although its mass is comparable to that of TRAPPIST-1, its radius is 1/3 smaller. , , , - ,

Luhman 16 Luhman 16 (WISE 1049−5319, WISE J104915.57−531906.1) is a binary brown-dwarf system in the southern constellation Vela at a distance of approximately from the Sun. These are the closest-known brown dwarfs and the closest syst ...

A , 60,768 ,

, Luhman 16 A and Luhman 16 B are the closest brown dwarf stars to Earth, and the third-nearest star system to the Solar System. , , - , , , , 61,300 ,

, , An L2 dwarf that is fusing hydrogen. Similarly to 2MASS J0523-1403, SSSPM J0829-1309 is one of the least luminous and massive hydrogen-fusing stars, and is smaller than Jupiter., , , - , WISE 1405+5534 , 61,483 , rowspan="9" ,

, , , - ,

2MASS 0939-2448 Mass is an intrinsic property of a body. It was traditionally believed to be related to the quantity of matter in a physical body, until the discovery of the atom and particle physics. It was found that different atoms and different elementar ...

B , 62,600 , , , - ,

WISE 0855−0714 WISE 0855−0714 (full designation WISE J085510.83−071442.5, or W0855 for short) is a sub-brown dwarf () from Earth, therefore the fourth- closest star or (sub-) brown dwarf system to the Sun, the discovery of which was announced i ...

, 63,500 , Coolest known brown dwarf. , = 0.091298\ R_\odot. , - ) , 2MASS 0243−2453 , 64,000 , , , - , W1906+40 , 64,350 , In 2015 it was shown to have on its surface a storm the size of

Jupiter Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the List of Solar System objects by size, largest in the Solar System. It is a gas giant with a mass more than two and a half times that of all the other planets in the Solar System combined, but ...

Great Red Spot The Great Red Spot is a persistent high-pressure region in the atmosphere of Jupiter, producing an anticyclonic storm that is the largest in the Solar System. Located 22 degrees south of Jupiter's equator, it produces wind-speeds up to 432 ...

. , , - , 2MASS J0348−6022 , 64,700 , , , - ,

SDSS J1416+1348 SDSS may refer to: * Sloan Digital Sky Survey, a major multi-filter imaging and spectroscopic redshift survey * Social Democratic Party of Slovakia * Spatial Decision Support System, a GIS based decision aiding system * Independent Democratic Ser ...

A , 65,772.5 , , , - , WISEPC J205628.90+145953.3 , 66,487.5 , , , - , WISE 1738+2732 , 66,487.5 , , , - ,

SCR 1845−6357 SCR 1845−6357 is a binary system, away in the constellation Pavo. The primary is a faint red dwarf. It has a brown dwarf companion. The primary red dwarf was discovered in 2004 by Hambly et al., while the secondary brown dwarf wa ...

A , 66,790 ,

, , , - , 2MASS 0937+2931 , 67,200 , rowspan="10" ,

, , , - , WISE 0359−5401 , 67,200 , In June 2023, it became the first Y-dwarf with a

spectral energy distribution A spectral energy distribution (SED) is a plot of energy versus frequency or wavelength of light (not to be confused with a 'spectrum' of flux density vs frequency or wavelength). It is used in many branches of astronomy to characterize astron ...

measured by the

James Webb Space Telescope The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a space telescope which conducts infrared astronomy. As the largest optical telescope in space, its high resolution and sensitivity allow it to view objects too old, distant, or faint for the Hubble Spa ...

. , , - ,

2MASS J22282889–4310262 2MASS J22282889–4310262 is a brown dwarf discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope The Hubble Space Telescope (often referred to as HST or Hubble) is a space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990 and remains i ...

, 67,200 , , , - ,

B , 67,200 , , , - , DENIS J081730.0−615520 , 67,200 , , , - , WISE 2150–7520 B , 67,900 , , , - ,

Kelu-1 Kelu-1 is a system of two brown dwarfs of spectral types L2 and L4 located in constellation Hydra at approximately 60.6 light-years from Earth. It is among the first free-floating later-than-M-type brown dwarfs discovered, and someti ...

B , 67,900 , , , - ,

A , 68,180 , , , - , LHS 1070 C , 68,180 , Certainly a

brown dwarf Brown dwarfs (also called failed stars) are substellar objects that are not massive enough to sustain nuclear fusion of ordinary hydrogen ( 1H) into helium in their cores, unlike a main-sequence star. Instead, they have a mass between the most ...

based on its mass , , - , DENIS 0255−4700 , 69,570 , , , - ,

R Aquarii R Aquarii (R Aqr) is a variable star in the constellation Aquarius. R Aquarii is a symbiotic star believed to contain a white dwarf and a Mira-type variable in a binary system. The orbital period is approximately 44 years. The main M ...

B , 69,570 ,

White dwarf A white dwarf is a stellar core remnant composed mostly of electron-degenerate matter. A white dwarf is very dense: its mass is comparable to the Sun's, while its volume is comparable to the Earth's. A white dwarf's faint luminosity comes fro ...

, Part of a

symbiotic binary A symbiotic binary is a type of binary star system, often simply called a symbiotic star. They usually contain a white dwarf with a companion red giant. The cool giant star loses material via Roche lobe overflow or through its stellar wind, w ...

star system containing a

red giant A red giant is a luminous giant star of low or intermediate mass (roughly 0.3–8 solar masses ()) in a late phase of stellar evolution. The outer atmosphere is inflated and tenuous, making the radius large and the surface temperature around or ...

and a white dwarf. , , - ,

HD 114762 HD 114762 is a triple star system approximately away in the constellation Coma Berenices. It consists of a yellow-white F-type main-sequence star and two red dwarf companions & approximately 0.36 & distant. Both are low-metal subdw ...

B , 69,570 ,

, , , - , 2MASS J0407+1546 , 69,570 , rowspan="2",

, , , - , HN Pegasi B , 70,265 , , , - , ,

, , 70,600 ,

, , As in 2019, with mass (0.0523-0.0767) is the lowest known mass hydrogen-burning star. , , , - ,

B , 71,492 , rowspan="3" ,

, , , - ,

15 Sagittae 15 Sagittae (15 Sge) is a star in the northern constellation Sagitta, located around 58 light years away from the Sun. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, yellow-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.80. Considered ...

B , 71,492 , , , - , DENIS-P J1058.7−1548 , 71,492 , , , - , LHS 2924 , 71,657 ,

, , , - , 2MASS 0036+1821 , 72,200 , rowspan="6" ,

, , , - , CoRoT-3 b , 72,200 , , , - , LHS 1070 B , 72,350 , Likely a brown dwarf based on its mass , , - , UGPS 0722-05 , 72,850 , Possibly a rogue planet , , - , WISE 2150–7520 A , 73,635 , , , - ,

B , 74,350 , Luhman 16 B and Luhman 16 A are the closest brown dwarf stars to Earth, and the third-nearest star system to the Solar System. , , - , DENIS J1048−3956 , 75,135.5 , rowspan="4" ,

, , , - ,

DX Cancri DX Cancri is a variable star in the northern zodiac constellation of Cancer (constellation), Cancer. With an apparent visual magnitude of 14.81, it is much too faint to be seen with the naked eye. Visually viewing this star requires a t ...

, 76,527 , , , - ,

LHS 292 LHS 292 is a red dwarf in the constellation Sextans. It is far too faint to be seen with the unaided eye and requires a large amateur telescope to be seen visually. It lies relatively close to the Solar System at a distance of about ...

, 76,527 , , , - ,

TVLM 513-46546 TVLM 513-46546 is an M9 ultracool dwarf at the red dwarf/brown dwarf mass boundary in the constellation Boötes. It exhibits flare star activity, which is most pronounced at radio wavelengths. The star has a mass approximately 80 times ...

, 76,527 , Has one confirmed exoplanet , , - ,

Gliese 229 Gliese 229 (also written as Gl 229 or GJ 229) is a binary system composed of a red dwarf and the first brown dwarf seen by astronomers, 18.8 light years away in the constellation Lepus. The primary component has 58% of the mass of the S ...

B , 79,000 , rowspan="3" ,

, , , - ,

HR 2562 B HR 2562 b is a brown dwarf or gas giant exoplanet. It is a substellar companion of the debris disk host star HR 2562. HR 2562 is a sixth-magnitude F-type main-sequence star located away. HR 2562 is about 37% more massive than the Sun. Initially ...

, 79,350 , Its mass is quite uncertain, at . It is cited by the

NASA Exoplanet Archive The NASA Exoplanet Archive is an online astronomical exoplanet catalog and data service that collects and serves public data that support the search for and characterization of extra-solar planets (exoplanets) and their host stars. It is part of ...

as the most massive exoplanet known. , , - ,

KELT-1 KELT-1 is a F-type main-sequence star. Its surface temperature is 6518 K. It is similar to the Sun in its concentration of heavy elements, with a metallicity Fe/H index of 0.008, but is much younger at an age of 1.75 billion years. The s ...

B , 79,350 , , , - , ,

OGLE-TR-122B OGLE-TR-122 is a binary stellar system containing one of the smallest main-sequence stars whose radius has been measured. It was discovered when the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE) survey observed the smaller star eclipsin ...

, , 81,100 ,

, , This was once the smallest known actively fusing star, when found in 2005, through 2013. It is the smallest eclipsing red dwarf, and smallest observationally measured diameter. , , , - , CoRoT-15b , 82,200 ,

, , , - ,

VB 10 VB 10 or Van Biesbroeck's star is a very small and very dim red dwarf located in the constellation Aquila. It is part of a binary star system. VB 10 is historically notable as it was the coolest, least massive and least luminous k ...

, 82,300 , rowspan="6" ,

, It was the smallest known star from 1948 to 1981. , , - , , TRAPPIST-1, , 82,925, , Hosts a planetary system with at least seven rocky planets. , , , - , LHS 2090 , 83,500 , , , - , Teegarden's Star , 83,500 , Has two potentially habitable planets. , , - , VB 8 , 84,450 , , , - , SPECULOOS-3 , 85,570 , Second-smallest star known to host a transiting exoplanet after TRAPPIST-1 , , - ,

A , 87,220 , rowspan="2" ,

, , , - ,

Teide 1 Teide 1 was the first brown dwarf to be verified, in 1995. It is located in the Pleiades open star cluster, approximately from Earth. This object is more massive than a planet (), but less massive than a star (0.0544 MSun). The radius ...

, 88,130 , The first brown dwarf to be verified, in 1995. , = 0.12668\ R_\odot. , - , Gliese 412 B , 90,400 ,

, , , - , CFBDSIR 1458+10 B , 90,450 ,

, , , - , Gliese 1002 , 95,310 , rowspan="6" ,

, Has two confirmed exoplanets , , - , LHS 1070 A , 97,400 , , , - , LHS 3154 , 97,400 , Has one confirmed exoplanet , , - ,

Wolf 424 Wolf 424 is a binary star system comprising two red dwarf stars at a distance of approximately 14.2 light years from the Sun. It is located in the constellation Virgo, between the stars ε Virginis and ο Virginis. The close bina ...

B , 97,400 , , , - , ,

Wolf 359 Wolf 359 is a red dwarf star located in the constellation Leo, near the ecliptic. At a distance of approximately 7.9 light years from Earth, it has an apparent magnitude of 13.54 and can only be seen with a large telescope. Wolf 359 i ...

, , 100,180.8 , , Fifth-nearest star system to the Solar System. Has one unconfirmed exoplanet, , , - ,

red dwarf , 103,660 , , , - , CFBDSIR 1458+10 A , 104,350 ,

, , , - ,

NY Virginis NY Virginis is a binary star about away. The primary belongs to the rare class of subdwarf B stars, being former red giants with their hydrogen envelope completely stripped by a stellar companion. The companion is a red dwarf star. ...

A , 105,050 ,

, , , - , Gliese 1061 , 105,746.4 , rowspan="7" ,

, Has three confirmed exoplanets, two of them are in the habitable zone. , , - ,

LP 890-9 LP 890-9, also known as SPECULOOS-2 or TOI-4306, is a high proper motion red dwarf star located away from the Solar System in the constellation of Eridanus. The star has 12% the mass and 15% the radius of the Sun, and a temperature of . A ...

, 106,580 , Has two confirmed exoplanets, one of them (LP 890-9c) is in the habitable zone. , , - , ,

Proxima Centauri Proxima Centauri is a small, low-mass star located away from the Sun in the southern constellation of Centaurus. Its Latin name means the 'nearest tarof Centaurus'. It was discovered in 1915 by Robert Innes and is the nearest-kno ...

, , 107,277 , , This is the nearest neighbouring star to the Sun. Has 2 confirmed exoplanets and one disputed planet , , , - , , 110,615 , The archetypal type of the flare stars, and the eight-nearest star system to the Solar System. , , - , GL Virginis , 111,300 , , , - ,

B , 111,300 , , , - , TZ Arietis , 112,000 , Has one confirmed exoplanet , , - , HD 984 B , 112,700 ,

, , = 0.162\ R_\odot. , - , , 114,790 , rowspan="4" ,

, Luyten 726-8 A and B are the eight-nearest star system to the Solar System. , , - , YZ Ceti , 116,877.5 , Has three confirmed exoplanets , , - , LP 791-18 (TOI-736) , 118,270 , Has three confirmed exoplanets , , - , HR 858 B , 118,270 , , , - , UY Sextantis, , 118,270 , ,

, , , , , - ,

A , 118,270 , rowspan="8" ,

, , , - ,

Kepler-42 Kepler-42, formerly known as KOI-961, is a red dwarf located in the constellation Cygnus and approximately 131 light years from the Sun. It has three known extrasolar planets, all of which are smaller than Earth in radius, and likely ...

, 121,750 , Has three confirmed exoplanets , , - , , 121,750 , , , - ,

HW Virginis HW Virginis, abbreviated HW Vir, is an eclipsing binary system (of the Algol type), approximately 563 light-years away based on the parallax measured by the Gaia spacecraft, in the constellation of Virgo. The system comprises an ecl ...

B , 121,835 , , , - , Gliese 1151 , 123,900 , Has one confirmed exoplanet , , - ,

AB Doradus AB Doradus is a pre-main-sequence quadruple star system in the constellation Dorado. The primary is a flare star that shows periodic increases in activity. The primary star in this system spins at a rate 50 times that of the Sun, an ...

C , 124,100 , Very low-mass star () , , - ,

Groombridge 34 Groombridge 34 is a binary star system in the northern constellation of Andromeda. It was listed as entry number 34 in ''A Catalogue of Circumpolar Stars'', published posthumously in 1838 by British astronomer Stephen Groombridge. Bas ...

B , 125,200 , , , - , Wolf 1069 , 126,130 , Has one confirmed potentially habitable exoplanet , , - ,

A , 127,404.6 ,

, , , - , Gliese 3323 , 129,539.5 , rowspan="10" ,

, Has two confirmed exoplanets , , - , ,

Barnard's Star Barnard's Star is a red dwarf about six light-years from Earth in the constellation of Ophiuchus. It is the fourth-nearest-known individual star to the Sun after the three components of the Alpha Centauri system, and the closest star in the ...

, , 130,100 , , , The star with the highest proper motion, and the second-nearest star system to the Solar system. , , - , , 131,500 , Has one confirmed exoplanet , , - ,

Ross 248 Ross 248, also called HH Andromedae or Gliese 905, is a small star approximately from Earth in the northern constellation of Andromeda. Despite its proximity it is too dim to be seen with the naked eye. It was first catalogued by Fr ...

, 132,200 , Tenth-nearest star system to the Solar System. , , - , Gliese 1128 , 132,200 , , , - , Alpha Mensae B , 132,200 , , , - ,

Ross 128 Ross 128 is a red dwarf in the equatorial zodiac constellation of Virgo, near β Virginis. The apparent magnitude of Ross 128 is 11.13, which is too faint to be seen with the unaided eye. Based upon parallax measurements, the distance of ...

, 136,844 , Has one confirmed potentially habitable exoplanet , , - ,

LTT 1445 LTT 1445 is a triple M-dwarf system about 22 light-years distant in the constellation Eridanus. The primary LTT 1445 A hosts two exoplanets- one discovered in 2019 that transits the star every 5.36 days, and another found in ...

C , 137,050 , , , - ,

Ross 154 Ross 154 (V1216 Sgr) is a star in the southern zodiac constellation of Sagittarius. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 10.44, making it much too faint to be seen with the naked eye. At a minimum, viewing Ross 154 requires a telescope ...

, 139,140 , Ninth-nearest star system to our Solar System. , , - , Gliese 1062 , 141,000 , Other sources cites 258,800 km (0.372 ) and 285,935 km (0.411 ) , , - ,

Kepler-70 Kepler-70, also known as KIC 5807616 and formerly as KOI-55, is a star in the constellation Cygnus with an apparent visual magnitude of 14.87, and is 4200 light-years away. This is too faint to be seen with the naked eye; viewing it requ ...

, 141,225 ,

, Has two unconfirmed exoplanets, which may be the hottest exoplanets known. , , - , RR Caeli red dwarf , 141,225 , rowspan="6" ,

, , , - ,

Gliese 1214 Extrasolar PlanetsEncyclopaedia Gliese 1214 is a dim M4.5 red dwarf in the constellation Ophiuchus with an apparent magnitude of 14.7. It is located at a distance of approximately 47 light years from Earth. The star is about one-fifth t ...

, 141,922 , Has a confirmed exoplanet , , - ,

Gliese 754 Gliese 754 is a dim star in the southern constellation of Telescopium. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 12.25, which requires a telescope to view. The star is located at a distance of 19.3 light-years from the Sun based on par ...

, 142,618.5 , , , - , LHS 1140 , 142,618.5 , Has two confirmed exoplanets , , - ,

EZ Aquarii EZ Aquarii is a triple star system approximately from the Sun in the constellation Aquarius. It is also known as Luyten 789-6 and Gliese 866. All three components are M-type red dwarfs. The pair EZ Aquarii AC form a spectroscopic ...

B , 146,100 , , , - , Gliese 1132 , 149,575 , Has two confirmed exoplanets , , - ,

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CT Chamaeleontis CT Chamaeleontis (CT Cha) is a T Tauri star - a primary of the star system in the constellation of Chamaeleon. It has an apparent visual magnitude which varies between 12.31 and 12.43. The star is still accreting material at r ...

B , 157,300 , , , - , Fomalhaut C , 160,000 ,

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V391 Pegasi V391 Pegasi, also catalogued as HS 2201+2610, is a blue-white subdwarf star approximately 4,000 light-years away in the constellation of Pegasus. The star is classified as an "extreme horizontal branch star". It is small, with only half t ...

, 160,000 ,

, Has one exoplanet candidate , , - ,

Kepler-1649 Kepler-1649 is a red dwarf star of spectral type M5V with a radius , a mass , and a metallicity of -0.15 e/H Planetary system Two confirmed planets orbit the star: Kepler-1649b and Kepler-1649c. Kepler-1649b is similar to Venus, where ...

, 161,400 , rowspan="3" ,

, Has two confirmed exoplanets , , - ,

B , 164,185 , , , - , , CM Draconis B , , 166,700 , , , , , - ,

Kepler-429 Kepler-429 (KIC 10001893) is a variable subdwarf B star in the constellation Lyra, about 5,900 light years away. The brightness of Kepler-429 changes unpredictably by up to 0.13 magnitudes. It has been classified as a V361 Hydrae variabl ...

, 167,000 ,

, Has three exoplanet candidates , , - ,

Kruger 60 Kruger 60 (DO Cephei) is a binary star system located 13.15 light-years from the Sun. These red dwarf stars orbit each other every 44.6 years. Description The larger, primary star is designated component A, while the secondary, sma ...

B , 167,000 , rowspan="3",

, , , - , Ross 695 , 167,000 , , , - , TOI-715 , 167,000 , Has one confirmed, potentially habitable exoplanet , , - ,

2M1207 2M1207, 2M1207A or 2MASSW J12073346–3932539 is a brown dwarf located in the constellation Centaurus; a companion object, 2M1207b, may be the first extrasolar planetary-mass companion to be directly imaged, and is the first discovered ...

A , 173,925 ,

, Has one confirmed exoplanet , , - , , CM Draconis A , , 176,000 , rowspan="5" ,

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DG Canum Venaticorum DG Canum Venaticorum is a variable binary star system in the northern constellation of Canes Venatici. As of 2009, the pair have an angular separation of 0.20 ″ along a position angle of 285°, which corresponds to a physical separation ...

, 176,000 , , , - , Gliese 625 , 177,400 , , , - , Gliese 12 , 182,065 , Has one known exoplanet , , - , AM Herculis red dwarf , 180,882 , , , - , Z Andromedae B , 184,530.63 , rowspan="1" ,

, Largest known white dwarf. Part of a

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55 Cancri 55 Cancri is a binary star system located 41 light-years away from the Sun in the zodiac constellation of Cancer. It has the Bayer designation Rho1 Cancri (ρ1 Cancri); ''55 Cancri'' is the Flamsteed designation (abbrevia ...

B , 186,447.5 ,

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A , 188,500 , rowspan="68" ,

, Has three confirmed exoplanets, one of them is in the habitable zone , , - ,

Struve 2398 Struve 2398 (Gliese 725) is a binary star system in the northern constellation of Draco. Struve 2398 is star number 2398 in the Struve Double Star Catalog of Baltic-German astronomer Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve. The astronomer's ...

B , 189,925 , , , - , Gliese 105 B , 193,405 , , , - , LHS 475 , 194,030.5 , Has one confirmed exoplanet , , - , HR 7703 B , 194,800 , , , - ,

Gliese 445 Gliese 445 (Gl 445 or AC +79 3888) is an M-type main sequence star in the northern part of the constellation Camelopardalis. Location It is currently 17.1 light-years from Earth and has an apparent magnitude of 10.8. It is visible f ...

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Mu Cassiopeiae Mu Cassiopeiae, Latinized from μ Cassiopeiae, is a binary star system in the constellation A constellation is an area on the celestial sphere in which a group of visible stars forms Asterism (astronomy), a perceived pattern or outl ...

Ab , 201,750 , , , - , ,

Kapteyn's Star Kapteyn's Star is a class M1 red subdwarf about 12.83 light-years from Earth in the southern constellation Pictor; it is the closest halo star to the Solar System. With a magnitude of nearly 9 it is visible through binoculars or a teles ...

, , 202,448.7 , , This is the closest halo star to the Sun. , , , - ,

A , 203,150 , , , - , HN Librae , 208,000 , Has one confirmed planet and one unconfirmed , , - , Gliese 402 , 208,700 , , , - , L 98-59 , 210,800 , Has four confirmed exoplanets and one unconfirmed , , - ,

Gliese 581 Gliese 581 () is a red dwarf star of spectral type M3V at the center of the Gliese 581 planetary system, about 20 light years away from Earth in the Libra constellation. Its estimated mass is about a third of that of the Sun, and it is t ...

, 215,650 , Has three confirmed exoplanets , , - ,

40 Eridani 40 Eridani is a triple star system in the constellation of Eridanus, abbreviated 40 Eri. It has the Bayer designation Omicron2 Eridani, which is Latinized from ο2 Eridani and abbreviated Omicron2 Eri or ο2 Eri. Based on parallax ...

C , 215,650 , , , - ,

Wolf 1061 __NOTOC__ Wolf 1061 (also known as HIP 80824 and V2306 Ophiuchi) is an M-class red dwarf star located about 14.1 light-years away in the constellation Ophiuchus. It is the 36th-closest-known star system to the Sun and has a relatively ...

, 221,900 , Has three confirmed exoplanets , , - , Gliese 3929 , 222,600 , Has two confirmed exoplanets , , - , Xi Ursae Majoris Ab , 222,600 , , , - , Kepler-296 B , 224,000 , , , - ,

YZ Canis Minoris YZ Canis Minoris is a red-hued star in the equatorial constellation of Canis Minor. With an apparent visual magnitude of 11.15, it is much too faint to be viewed with the naked eye. The distance to YZ CMi can be estimated from its annua ...

, 225,400 , , , - , LHS 1678 , 228,285 , Has three known exoplanets , , - , Wolf 437 ''(Gar)'' , 228,190 , Has one confirmed exoplanet , , - , Gliese 1 , 229,580 , , , - , Wolf 1130 A , 229,580 , , , - , Gliese 357 , 231,650 , Has three confirmed exoplanets , , - , Gliese 667 C , 231,650 , Has two confirmed exoplanets , , - , Kepler-47 B , 235,150 , There are three exoplanets orbiting Kepler-47 B and its companion, Kepler-47 A, in a

orbit. , , - ,

Luyten's Star Luyten's Star (GJ 273) is a red dwarf in the constellation Canis Minor located at a distance of approximately from the Sun. It has a visual magnitude of 9.9, making it too faint to be viewed with the unaided eye. It is named after ...

, 243,500 , Has two confirmed exoplanets and other two unconfirmed , , - ,

A , 243,500 , , , - ,

A , 246,300 , , , - ,

EV Lacertae EV Lacertae (EV Lac, Gliese 873, HIP 112460) is a faint red dwarf star 16.5 light years away in the constellation Lacerta. It is the nearest star to the Sun in that region of the sky, although with an apparent magnitude of 10, it is o ...

, 250,500 , On 25 April 2008, a record-setting stellar flare was observed on its surface by

NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research. NASA was established in 1958, succeeding t ...

's Swift, that was thousands of times more powerful than any solar flare. , , - , Theta Cygni B , 250,500 , , , - , Gliese 251 , 253,235 , Has one confirmed exoplanet , , - ,

DT Virginis DT Virginis, also known as Ross 458, is a binary star system in the constellation of Virgo. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 9.79 and is located at a distance of 37.6 light-years from the Sun. Both of the stars are low-mass ...

B , 256,000 , , , - , AT Microscopii B , 257,400 , , , - ,

Regulus Regulus is the brightest object in the constellation Leo and one of the brightest stars in the night sky. It has the Bayer designation designated α Leonis, which is Latinized to Alpha Leonis, and abbreviated Alpha Leo or α Leo. Re ...

C , 257,400 , , , - , Gliese 876 (Ross 780) , 258,800 , Has four confirmed exoplanets , , - , LHS 6343 A , 259,495 , , , - , LTT 3780 (TOI-732) , 260,190 , Has two confirmed exoplanets , , - , TOI-270 , 263,000 , Has three confirmed exoplanets , , - , Gliese 412 A , 264,400 , , , - , KIC 4150611 Ab2 , 264,400 , , , - ,

A , 267,800 , Has two confirmed exoplanets , , - ,

L 34-26 L, or l, is the twelfth Letter (alphabet), letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is English alphabet#Let ...

, 270,000 , It hosts the exoplanet with the longest known orbital period,

COCONUTS-2b COCONUTS-2 b, or WISEPA J075108.79-763449.6, is a gas giant exoplanet that orbits the M-type star L 34-26. With a mass of 6.3 Jupiter mass, Jupiters, it takes over one million years to complete one orbit around the star, and it is 6000 Astronomic ...

, which takes about 1.1 million years to complete an orbit around its star. , , - ,

Gliese 908 Gliese 908 is a red dwarf star, located in constellation Pisces at 19.3 light-years from Earth. It is a BY Draconis variable star with a variable star designation of BR Piscium. Its apparent magnitude varies between magnitude 8.93 an ...

''(Lalande 46650)'' , 271,323 , , , - , Gliese 1252 , 272,000 , Has one confirmed exoplanet, an ultra-short-period planet with a daytime temperature measured at 1140 °C. , , - , HIP 79431 ''(Sharjah)'' , 272,000 , Has one confirmed exoplanet. Other sources cites radius of (0.442 ) and (0.54 ) , , - ,

Lalande 21185 Lalande 21185 (also known as BD+36 2147, Gliese 411, and HD 95735) is a star in the south of Ursa Major. It is the apparent brightest red dwarf in the northern hemisphere.Only AX Microscopii and Lacaille 9352, in the southern hemisphere ...

, 273,500 , Sixth-nearest star system to the Solar System. Has two confirmed exoplanets and one unconfirmed , , - , LHS 6343 B , 274,100 , , , - , Gliese 22 B , 274,100 , , , - , Gliese 179 , 278,300 , Has two confirmed exoplanets , , - ,

HIP 57050 HIP 57050 (GJ 1148 / LHS 2443 / G 122-40 / Ross 1003) is a red dwarf 36 light-years from the Sun with a planetary companion HIP 57050 b. HIP 57050 has a metallicity twice that of the Sun and is among the highest in the immediate solar neig ...

, 278,300 , Has two confirmed exoplanets , , - , KOI-4777 , 278,300 , Has one confirmed exoplanet , , - ,

Gliese 163 Gliese 163 is a faint red dwarf star with multiple exoplanetary companions in the southern constellation of Dorado. Other stellar catalog names for it include HIP 19394 and LHS 188. It is too faint to be visible to the naked eye, having an ...

, 284,550 , Has five confirmed exoplanets , , - , AT Microscopii A , 285,250 , , , - , Gliese 588 , 292,200 , , , - , Gliese 686 , 292,200 , Has a confirmed exoplanet , , - , KIC 4150611 Ab1 , 292,200 , , , - ,

TOI 700 TOI-700 is a red dwarf 101.4 light-years away from Earth located in the Dorado constellation that hosts TOI-700 d, the first Earth-sized exoplanet in the habitable zone discovered by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). ...

, 292,200 , Has four confirmed exoplanets , , - , QS Virginis B , 292,404 , , , - , Gliese 180 , 294,211.5 , Has two confirmed exoplanets , , - ,

AD Leonis AD Leonis (Gliese 388) is a red dwarf star. It is located relatively near the Sun, at a distance of about 16 light years, in the constellation Leo. AD Leonis is a main sequence star with a spectral classification o ...

, 294,500 , , , - , Gliese 408 , 299,150 , , , - , Gliese 3634 , 299,150 , Has a confirmed exoplanet , , - , Gliese 569 A , 299,150 , , , - ,

U Geminorum U Geminorum (''U Gem''), in the constellation Gemini, is an archetypal example of a dwarf nova. The binary star system consists of a white dwarf closely orbiting a red dwarf. Every few months it undergoes an outburst that greatly increas ...

red dwarf , 299,150 , , , - ,

Gliese 436 Gliese 436 is a red dwarf approximately away in the zodiac constellation of Leo. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 10.67, which is much too faint to be seen with the naked eye. However, it can be viewed with even a modest telescope o ...

, 300,542 , Has a confirmed exoplanet , , - ,

Sigma Coronae Borealis Sigma Coronae Borealis (σ CrB) is a star system in the constellation of Corona Borealis. It is a quintuple star system containing three sunlike main-sequence stars and two other low-mass stars. The combined visual magnitude is 5.3 ...

C , 304,000 , , , - , HD 260655 (TOI-4599) , 305,400 , Has two confirmed exoplanets , , - , WR 93b , 306,108 , Wolf-Rayet , , , - , Gliese 832 , 307,500 , rowspan="8" ,

, Has two exoplanets , , - , Gliese 877 , 307,500 , , , - , Gliese 393 , 310,212.5 , , , - , Tabby's Star B , 313,065 , , , - , Gliese 367 (Añañuca) , 317,935 , Has three confirmed exoplanets , , - ,

Gliese 849 , - style="background-color: #A0B0FF;" colspan="3" , Planet , - bgcolor="#FFFAFA" , Gliese 849b , data Gliese 849, or GJ 849, is a small, solitary star in the equatorial constellation of Aquarius. It has a reddish hue and is invis ...

, 322,800 , Has two confirmed exoplanets , , - , K2-18 (EPIC 201912552) , 326,300 , Has two confirmed exoplanets , , - , Gliese 521 , 327,000 , , , - , BAT99-123 , 327,000 , Wolf-Rayet , , , - ,

Lacaille 9352 Lacaille 9352 (Lac 9352) is a red dwarf star in the southern constellation of Piscis Austrinus. With an apparent visual magnitude of 7.34, this star is too faint to be viewed with the naked eye except possibly under excellent seeing co ...

, 329,750 ,

, Has two confirmed exoplanets and one unconfirmed , , -

Smallest stars by type

Timeline of smallest red dwarf star recordholders

s are considered the smallest star known that are active fusion stars, and are the smallest stars possible that is not a

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