List of high-proper-motion stars


This is a list of high-proper motion stars. The 34 sources with the highest proper motion, based on data from the highly accurate Gaia catalogues, was published in an ESA 2025 "Image of the Week".
There is no specific velocity that is considered high, but the proper motion article notes that the majority of stars have a proper motion of less than 0.01 arc-seconds per year. Note that the closer a star is to earth, the faster it will appear to travel in arc-seconds per year for a given "real" velocity; therefore, the PM values here are apparent velocities.
Included in the table is also the radial motion if available. In cases where the numerical PM value is not available in a simple arc-seconds per year form, "high" has been used in the table; for instance, in the case of 5 Cancri, "high" is used because the values given in the available article do not resolve the right ascension and declination proper motions into a single numerical value.
In the table below PM values are shown in arc seconds per year and RM values are shown in kilometers per second, positive and negative values indicating away or toward Earth.
Star articleOther namePM RM citations
3 Andromedae0.236-35PM; RM
5 Andromedae0.201-2.6PM; RM
5 Cancri"high"+10PM; RM
6 Andromedae0.272-32.4PM; RM
15 Delphini"high"-4.1PM; RM
23 Andromedae0.191-27PM; RM
23 Leonis Minoris"high"-16PM; RM
25 Cancri0.245+38PM; RM
32 Boötis0.194-23PM; RM
35 Pegasi0.318+54PM; RM
37 Librae"high"+49PM; RM
38 Aurigae0.181+34PM; RM
39 ArietisLilii Borea"high"Name; PM
39 Aurigae0.151+34PM; RM
40 EridaniOmicron2 Eridani4.088-42.47Name; PM; RM
40 Leonis Minoris"variable"+10PM; RM
41 Andromedae0.171+10PM; RM
58 Andromedae0.159+8PM; RM
61 Cygni61 Cygni A5.281-65.97PM; RM
61 Cygni61 Cygni B5.172-64.59PM; RM
68 Aquarii"high"+24.5PM; RM
83 Cancri0.185-15PM; RM
89 Leonis"high"+4.8PM; RM
Alpha Centauri ARigil Kentaurus3.710-21.4Name; PM; RM
Alpha Centauri BToliman3.724-18.6Name; PM; RM
Barnard's Star10.358-110PM; RM
Delta Phoenicis"high"-7PM; RM
Epsilon Indiε Ind A4.704-40.43PM; RM
Eta EridaniAzha"high"-20.32Name; PM; RM
Gliese 1CD-37 154926.1+23.6Name; PM; RM
Gliese 4124.511+64.9PM; RM
Gliese 514"high"+14.606PM; RM
Gliese 8090.77-17.3PM; RM
Groombridge 1830Argelander's Star7.058-98Name; PM; RM
HD 26755"high"-38PM; RM
HD 29559"high"+24.2PM; RM
HD 30432"high"-6PM; RM
HD 30442"high"-37PM; RM
HD 32820"high"+29.8PM; RM
HD 36187"high"+50PM; RM
HD 39194"high"+13.9PM; RM
HD 43899"high"+66.5PM; RM
HD 46568"high"+39PM; RM
HD 46815"high"+32.2PM; RM
HD 73468"high"-26.5PM; RM
HD 83332"high"+30PM; RM
HD 85725"high"+61.6PM; RM
HD 88218"high"+36.7PM; RM
HD 90132"high"+17PM; RM
HD 91324"high"+21PM; RM
HD 99015"high"-5.9PM; RM
HD 101917"high"+33PM; RM
HD 117566"high"+14PM; RM
HD 134439 and HD 134440HIP 74234 and HIP 742353.681+310 Name; PM; RM
HD 138289"high"+13.1PM; RM
HD 140283Methuselah star"high"−169Name; PM; RM
HD 154556"high"-24PM; RM
HD 154972"high"-3.1PM; RM
HD 164712"high"+14.8PM; RM
HD 167096"high"-27PM; RM
HD 168592"high"+18PM; RM
HD 174474"high"-44PM; RM
HD 176664"high"-60PM; RM
HD 178845"high"-25PM; RM
HD 182893"high"-27PM; RM
HD 191806"high"-15.28PM; RM
HD 192886"high"-29.6PM; RM
HD 194012"high"4.5PM; RM
HD 194953"high"-28PM; RM
HD 197630"high"-30PM; RM
HD 198716"high"+20PM; RM
HD 2007790.569-67PM; RM
HD 201772"high"-41PM; RM
HD 204018"high"+18.3PM; RM
HD 208741"high"+8PM; RM
HD 210056"high"+24PM; RM
HR 8526"high"+15PM; RM
Kapteyn's Star8.671+245PM; RM
Lacaille 8760Gliese 8253.455+20.7Name; PM; RM
Lacaille 93526.896+9.7PM; RM
Lalande 211854.802-85.6PM; RM
LP 40-365"high"+498PM; RM
Luyten's Star3.73817.35PM; RM
Mu CassiopeiaeAl Marfik3.777-98Name; PM; RM
Omicron Columbae"high"PM
Proxima Centauri3.853-22.2PM; RM
Q Scorpii"high"-49PM; RM
SSSPM J1549-3544"high"PM
Teegarden's Star5+68.3PM; RM
Upsilon Octantis"high"+19PM; RM
Upsilon PegasiAlkarab"high"-8.6Name; PM; RM
V718 Coronae Australis"high"+28.5PM; RM
V744 Centauri0.05 PM