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Ross 154

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Ross 154 is a red dwarf star approximately 3.0 pc or 9.68 light years from the Sun. Its closest neighbour is Barnard's star, 1.66 pc or 5.41 ly away.
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Ross 154
NASA -- larger image
Ross 154 is a dim red dwarf star, like Gliese
623 A (M2.5V) and B (M5.8Ve) at lower right.
(See a Digitized Sky Survey field image around
Ross 154 at the Nearby Stars Database.) ...

Ross 154 was a star located about 9.7 light years from Sol.
On several occasions in 2364, viewscreen readouts aboard the USS Enterprise-D showed the location of Ross 154, in the form of charts from the Enterprise-D library computer.

Ross 154 - 9.68 LY [YH]
Ross 248 - 10.32 LY [Y]
Epsilon Eridani - 10.52 LY [YH]
Lacaille 9352 - 10.74 LY [YH]
Ross 128 - 10.91 LY [YH]
EZ Aquarii Star System ...

The remaining systems within ten light years are the binary red dwarf system Luyten 726-8 (8.7 light years) and the solitary red dwarf Ross 154 (9.7 light years). Our closest solitary sunlike star is Tau Ceti, which lies 11.9 light years away.

See also: S Star, Star, Light, Sun, Earth