Astronomy:Nearby Stars Database
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Nearest stars to Earth
The Nearby Stars Database (NStars) began as a NASA project in 1998, then was based at Northern Arizona University. It is now defunct. The stated mission of NStars was "to be a complete and accurate source of scientific data about all stellar systems within 25 parsecs." The website (see below) included search tools and links to an interactive forum.
Status
As of 1 January 2002, there were 2,633 stars in 2,029 systems in the database. As of 29 January 2008, the site is closed, displaying the message "This site is currently undergoing a major redesign and will be returned to service at a later date."
References
External links
- Nearby Stars Database on the Wayback Machine
- The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia
- Near Star Catalogue (an unofficial update of the NSTARS database)
- Old Table from Wayback Machine Web Archive
- List as of 1 January 2009
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