List of red dwarfs


This is a list of exceptional red dwarfs.

List of titleholding red dwarf stars

This is a list of red dwarfs that currently hold records.

List of named red dwarfs

This is a list of red dwarfs with names that are not systematically designated.
StarNamingNotes
Named for being the closest neighbouring star to Earth's SunLies within the Alpha Centauri star system
Named after its discoverer, E. E. BarnardSecond closest neighbouring star system to Earth, after α Cen. Also the star with the highest proper motion.
Named for its discoverer, George [van Biesbroeck]Was once the least luminous, and, lowest mass, known star.
Named for the astronomer who discovered it had gone missing, Jacobus KapteynWas once the star with the highest proper motion, thus making it move away from its recorded position in the sky and go "missing".
Named after the lead investigator astrophysicist who discovered it, Bonnard J. Teegarden, through a datacrunching search of archived data.-

List of nearest red dwarfs

StarDistance
ly
Notes
1Part of the α Cen trinary system, the closest neighbouring star system. It is also the nearest neighbouring star.
2Second closest neighbouring star system
3Also called CN Leonis
4
5This is a binary star system with two red dwarfs
6Ross 1549.68 ly

List of least voluminous red dwarfs

StarRadius

Radius

Radius
km
Notes
10.0840.84This star is slightly larger than the planet Saturn.
20.0860.86

Timeline of smallest red dwarf recordholders

This is a list of titleholders of being the red dwarf with the smallest volume, and its succession over time.
StarDateRadius

Radius

Radius
km
Notes
0.0840.84This star is slightly larger than the planet Saturn.
0.0860.86
0.1201.16