Little more than 350 stars are known to be
\n\t\t\t\twithin 10 parsecs of the Sun.\u00a0 Most of these are too dim
\n\t\t\t\tto see with the unaided eye.\u00a0Several, however, are among
\n\t\t\t\tthe brightest stars in the night sky.\u00a0 The 10 brightest are
\n\t\t\t\tlisted in a table on this page, along with their distances,
\n\t\t\t\tapparent visual magnitudes, absolute visual magnitudes,
\n\t\t\t\tcolor indices, and stellar types.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Little more than 350 stars are known to be within 10 parsecs of the Sun.\u00a0 Most of these are too dim to see with the unaided eye.\u00a0Several, however, are among the brightest stars in the night sky.\u00a0 The 10 brightest … Continue reading