List of stars more luminous than any closer star

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This is a list of stars which are more luminous than any closer star, that is, stars which emit more radiation than any other star within the same distance of the Sun. The luminosities are measured in bolometric luminosity and not by visual luminosity. For example, Alpha Centauri A is the most luminous star within 5 light-years of the Sun. In order to find a star more luminous than α Cen, the radius would have to be extended out to 9 light years, to include Sirius. The closest star more luminous than Sirius is Vega, at 25 light years, and so on.

Name Constellation vis.
mag. 		Spectral type Bolometric luminosity (Solar lum.) abs.
V mag. 		Distance
(ly) 		Notes
Sun −26.74 G2V 1 4.83 0
Alpha Centauri A Centaurus −0.01 G2V 1.519 4.38 4.37
Sirius Canis Major −1.47 A1Va 25.4 1.42 8.60
Vega Lyra 0.026 A0Va 40.12 0.582 25.04
Pollux Gemini 1.14 K0III 43 1.08 33.78
Arcturus Boötes −0.05 K0III 170 −0.30 36.7
Aldebaran Taurus 0.86 K5III 518 −0.641 65.3
Gacrux Crux 1.64 M3.5III 820 −0.52 88.6
Achernar Eridanus 0.46 B3Vep 3,150 −1.46 139
R Doradus Dorado 5.40 M8III:e 4,350 1.70 178
Bellatrix Orion 1.64 B2III 9,211 −2.78 250
Spica Virgo 0.97 B1III 12,100 −3.55 250
Becrux, Mimosa Crux 1.25 B0.5III 34,000 −3.92 280
Antares Scorpius 1.09 M1.5Iab 97,700 −5.28 550
Betelgeuse Orion 0.50 M2Iab 150,000 −5.85 724
Alnitak Orion 1.77 O9Iab 250,000 −6.0 1,260
Alnilam Orion 1.69 B0Ia 832,000 −6.95 2,000
WR 24 Carina 6.50 WN6h 2,240,000 −7.05 5,000
Eta Carinae Carina 4.55 WRpe 5,000,000 −8.6 7,500
WR 25 Carina 8.80 WN6 6,300,000 −6.6 10,500
Melnick 34 Dorado 13.09 WN5h 7,079,000 −7.9 163,000 in Large Magellanic Cloud
R136a1 Dorado 12.23 WN5h 8,710,000 −8.09 163,000 in Large Magellanic Cloud

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