The Nearby Stars Database (NStars) began as a NASA

NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...

 project in 1998 and is now based at Northern Arizona University

Northern Arizona University

Northern Arizona University is a public university located in Flagstaff, Arizona, United States. It is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, and has 39 satellite campuses in the state of Arizona. The university offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees.As of...

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Stated Goal

The stated mission of NStars "is to be a complete and accurate source of scientific data about all stellar systems within 25 parsecs."

The website (see below) includes search tools and links to an interactive forum.

Status

As of January 1, 2002, there are 2633 stars in 2029 systems in the database. As of January 29, 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."

• Old Table from Wayback Machine Web Archive
• List as of 01 January 2009

External links

• Nearby Stars Database
• The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia
• Near Star Catalogue (an unofficial update of the NSTARS database)