All known star systems within 50 ly of the Sun, heliocentric galactic coordinates (x → Galactic Centre, up → North Galactic Pole). Drag to rotate, scroll to zoom, right-drag to pan. Hover a star for data & sources.
Top candidates (1/3 distance, 1/3 habitability, 1/3 route; systems with no known planet ×0.5)
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◯ green ring = confirmed planet host; bright ring = planet in Kopparapu (2013) habitable zone; dashed lines = Sun → top candidates. Rings: every ly in the galactic plane (outer ring = 50 ly).
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Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive (Caltech/IPAC, USA) · ESA Gaia DR3 (Europe) · SIMBAD (CDS Strasbourg, France) incl. Hipparcos (ESA) parallaxes · RECONS (GSU, USA) · Redfield & Linsky 2008 LISM model (USA) · discovery instruments ESO HARPS/ESPRESSO, CARMENES (Spain/Germany), HARPS-N (Italy), SOPHIE (France), Keck/HIRES, MAROON-X, AAT. See SOURCES.md. Built with three.js (MIT).