This is a list of high-proper motion stars. 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 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 (RM) 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 available 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 article | Other name | PM (arc sec/yr) | RM (km/s) | citations |
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3 Andromedae | 0.236 | -35 | PM; [1] RM [2] | |
5 Andromedae | 0.201 | -2.6 | PM; [1] RM [3] | |
5 Cancri | "high" | +10 | PM; [4] RM [5] | |
6 Andromedae | 0.272 | -32.4 | PM; [1] RM [3] | |
15 Delphini | "high" | -4.1 | PM; [G 1] RM [2] | |
23 Andromedae | 0.191 | -27 | PM; [1] RM [6] | |
23 Leonis Minoris | "high" | -16 | PM; [G 2] RM[ citation needed ] | |
25 Cancri | 0.245 | +38 | PM; [1] RM [G 3] | |
32 Boötis | 0.194 | -23 | PM; [1] RM [3] | |
35 Pegasi | 0.318 | +54 | PM; [1] RM [7] | |
37 Librae | "high" | +49 | PM; [4] RM [8] | |
38 Aurigae | 0.181 | +34 | PM; [1] RM [3] | |
39 Arietis | Lilii Borea | "high" | Name; [9] PM [4] | |
39 Aurigae | 0.151 | +34 | PM; [1] RM [6] | |
40 Eridani | Omicron2 Eridani | 4.088 | -42.47 | Name; [10] PM; [10] RM [G 4] |
40 Leonis Minoris | "variable" | +10 | PM; [11] RM [2] | |
41 Andromedae | 0.171 | +10 | PM; [1] RM [6] | |
58 Andromedae | 0.159 | +8 | PM; [1] RM [3] | |
61 Cygni | 61 Cygni A | 5.281 | -65.97 | PM; [10] RM [G 5] |
61 Cygni | 61 Cygni B | 5.172 | -64.59 | PM; [10] RM [G 6] |
68 Aquarii | "high" | +24.5 | PM; [G 7] RM [3] | |
83 Cancri | 0.185 | -15 | PM; [1] RM [3] | |
89 Leonis | "high" | +4.8 | PM; [G 8] RM [12] | |
Alpha Centauri A | Rigil Kentaurus | 3.710 | -21.4 | Name; [13] PM; [10] RM [14] |
Alpha Centauri B | Tollman | 3.724 | -18.6 | Name; [13] PM; [10] RM [14] |
Barnard's Star | 10.358 | -110 | PM; [10] RM [G 9] | |
Delta Phoenicis | "high" | -7 | PM; [4] RM [2] | |
Epsilon Indi | ε Ind A | 4.704 | -40.43 | PM; [10] RM [G 10] |
Eta Eridani | Azha | "high" | -20.32 | Name; [9] PM; [15] RM[ citation needed ] |
Gliese 1 | CD-37 15492 | 6.1 | +23.6 | Name; [10] PM; [10] [16] RM [17] |
Gliese 412 | 4.511 | +64.9 | PM; [10] RM [18] | |
Gliese 514 | "high" | +14.606 | PM; [G 11] RM [19] | |
Gliese 809 | 0.77 | -17.3 | PM; [S 1] RM [20] | |
Groombridge 1830 | Argelander's Star | 7.058 | -98 | Name; [21] PM; [10] RM [18] |
HD 26755 | "high" | -38 | PM; [G 12] RM [2] | |
HD 29559 | "high" | +24.2 | PM; [G 13] RM [2] | |
HD 30432 | "high" | -6 | PM; [G 14] RM [2] | |
HD 30442 | "high" | -37 | PM; [G 15] RM [7] | |
HD 32820 | "high" | +29.8 | PM; [G 16] RM [22] | |
HD 36187 | "high" | +50 | PM; [G 17] RM [23] | |
HD 39194 | "high" | +13.9 | PM; [G 18] RM [2] | |
HD 43899 | "high" | +66.5 | PM; [G 19] RM [2] | |
HD 46568 | "high" | +39 | PM; [G 20] RM [2] | |
HD 46815 | "high" | +32.2 | PM; [G 21] RM [2] | |
HD 73468 | "high" | -26.5 | PM; [G 22] RM [2] | |
HD 83332 | "high" | +30 | PM; [G 23] RM [17] | |
HD 85725 | "high" | +61.6 | PM; [G 24] RM [20] | |
HD 88218 | "high" | +36.7 | PM; [G 25] RM [20] | |
HD 90132 | "high" | +17 | PM; [G 26] RM [2] | |
HD 91324 | "high" | +21 | PM; [G 27] RM [G 27] | |
HD 99015 | "high" | -5.9 | PM; [G 28] RM [2] | |
HD 101917 | "high" | +33 | PM; [G 29] RM [2] | |
HD 117440 | HIP 65936 | 5.834 | -2 | Name; [10] PM; [10] RM [23] |
HD 117566 | "high" | +14 | PM; [G 30] RM [24] | |
HD 134439 and HD 134440 | HIP 74234 and HIP 74235 | 3.681 | +310 (approx) | Name; [10] PM; [10] RM[ citation needed ] |
HD 138289 | "high" | +13.1 | PM; [G 31] RM [18] | |
HD 140283 | Methuselah star | "high" | −169 | Name; [25] PM; [4] RM [S 2] |
HD 154556 | "high" | -24 | PM; [G 32] RM [2] | |
HD 154972 | "high" | -3.1 | PM; [G 33] RM [2] | |
HD 164712 | "high" | +14.8 | PM; [G 34] RM [2] | |
HD 167096 | "high" | -27 | PM; [G 35] RM [23] | |
HD 168592 | "high" | +18 | PM; [G 36] RM [2] | |
HD 174474 | "high" | -44 | PM; [G 37] RM [2] | |
HD 176664 | "high" | -60 | PM; [G 38] RM [2] | |
HD 178845 | "high" | -25 | PM; [G 39] RM [2] [G 40] | |
HD 182893 | "high" | -27 | PM; [G 41] RM [2] | |
HD 191806 | "high" | -15.28 | PM; [G 42] RM[ citation needed ] | |
HD 192886 | "high" | -29.6 | PM; [G 43] RM [2] | |
HD 194012 | "high" | 4.5 | PM; [G 44] RM [2] | |
HD 194953 | "high" | -28 | PM; [G 45] RM [2] | |
HD 197630 | "high" | -30 | PM; [G 46] RM[ citation needed ] | |
HD 198716 | "high" | +20 | PM; [G 47] RM [2] | |
HD 200779 | 0.569 | -67 | PM; [G 48] [S 3] RM [26] | |
HD 201772 | "high" | -41 | PM; [G 49] RM [2] | |
HD 204018 | "high" | +18.3 | PM; [G 50] RM [2] | |
HD 208741 | "high" | +8 | PM; [G 51] RM [2] | |
HD 210056 | "high" | +24 | PM; [G 52] RM [2] | |
HR 8526 | "high" | +15 | PM; [G 53] RM [2] [14] | |
Kapteyn's Star | 8.671 | +245 | PM; [10] RM [G 54] | |
Lacaille 8760 | Gliese 825 | 3.455 | +20.7 | Name; [27] PM; [10] RM [28] |
Lacaille 9352 | 6.896 | +9.7 | PM; [10] RM [28] | |
Lalande 21185 | 4.802 | -85.6 | PM; [10] RM [29] | |
LP 40-365 | "high" | +498 | PM; [30] RM [30] | |
Luyten's Star | 3.738 | 17.35 | PM; [10] RM [G 55] | |
Mu Cassiopeiae | Al Marfik | 3.777 | -98 | Name; [31] PM; [4] [10] RM [32] |
Omicron Columbae | "high" | PM [4] | ||
Proxima Centauri | 3.853 | -22.2 | PM; [10] [33] RM [34] | |
Q Scorpii | "high" | -49 | PM; [G 56] RM [2] | |
SSSPM J1549-3544 | "high" | PM [G 57] | ||
Teegarden's Star | 5 | +68.3 | PM [S 4] [ better source needed ]; RM [35] | |
Upsilon Octantis | "high" | +19 | PM; [G 58] RM [23] | |
Upsilon Pegasi | Alkarab | "high" | -8.6 | Name; [9] PM; [4] RM [36] |
V718 Coronae Australis | "high" | +28.5 | PM; [G 59] RM [2] | |
V744 Centauri | 0.05 (minim) | PM [37] |
9 Aurigae is a star system in Auriga (constellation). It has an apparent magnitude of about 5, making it visible to the naked eye in many suburban skies. Parallax estimates made by the Hipparcos spacecraft put it at about 86 light-years from the solar system, although individual Gaia Data Release 3 parallaxes place all three components at 88 light years.
24 Cancri is a triple star system in the constellation Cancer. The system is located about 226 light-years away, based on its parallax. The system has a combined apparent magnitude of 6.5, and the two components A and B are separated by 5.7″.
9 Vulpeculae is a star in the northern constellation of Vulpecula, located about 560 light years away based on parallax. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, blue-white hued star with a baseline apparent visual magnitude of 5.01. The star is moving further from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +5 km/s.
IC 2391 is an open cluster in the constellation Vela consisting of hot, young, blueish stars, some of which binaries and one of which is a quadruple. Persian astronomer A. a.-R. Al Sufi first described it as "a nebulous star" in c. 964. It was re-found by Abbe Lacaille and cataloged as Lac II 5.
HD 4113 is a dual star system in the southern constellation of Sculptor. It is too faint to be viewed with the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of 7.88. The distance to this star, as estimated by parallax measurements, is 137 light years. It is receding away from the Sun with a radial velocity of +5 km/s.
HD 1185 is a double star in the northern constellation of Andromeda. The primary, with an apparent magnitude of 6.15, is a white main-sequence star of spectral type A2VpSi, indicating it has stronger silicon absorption lines than usual, thus making it also an Ap star. The secondary companion, which is 9.08 arcseconds away, is not visible to the naked eye at an apparent magnitude of 9.76. It shares common proper motion and parallax with the primary star but orbital parameters are still unknown.
HD 156768 is a double star in the southern constellation of Ara, with a combined apparent magnitude of 5.86. The brighter component is a sixth magnitude bright giant or supergiant star with a stellar classification of G8Ib/II. The magnitude 9.6 companion lies at an angular separation of 1.81″ along a position angle of 184°.
HD 135438 is a K-type giant star in the northern constellation of Boötes. With an apparent magnitude of 6.0, it lies about 650 light years away.
HD 85951, formally named Felis, is a solitary orange hued star in the constellation Hydra. It has an apparent magnitude of 4.94, making it faintly visible to the naked eye under ideal conditions. Based on parallax measurements, the object is about 570 light-years away from the Sun and is receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of 50 km/s.
HD 106515 is a binary star in the constellation of Virgo.
31 Orionis is a binary star system in the equatorial constellation of Orion, located near the bright star Mintaka. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, orange-hued point of light with a baseline apparent visual magnitude of 4.71. The distance to this system is approximately 490 light years away based on parallax, and it is drifting further away with a mean radial velocity of +6 km/s.
1 Puppis is a single star in the southern constellation of Puppis. It lies in the northern part of the constellation at a distance of about 790 ly, east of Aludra in Canis Major and just north of the white supergiant, 3 Puppis. This object is visible to the naked eye as a faint, red-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.59. It is moving further from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +32.4 km/s.
HD 83332 is a solitary, orange hued star located in the southern constellation Antlia. It has an apparent magnitude of 5.68, making it faintly visible to the naked eye if viewed under ideal conditions. The star is located 285 light years away based on its annual parallax shift, but is drifting away with a radial velocity of 30 km/s.
EQ Pegasi is a nearby binary system of two red dwarfs. Both components are flare stars, with spectral types of M4Ve and M6Ve respectively, and a current separation between the components of 5.8 arcseconds. The system is at a distance of 20.4 light-years, and is 950 million years old. The primary star is orbited by one known exoplanet.
HD 53367 is a triple star system in the constellation of Monoceros. The primary star was identified as a variable Herbig Ae/Be star in 1989. Its companion, spectroscopically discovered in 2006, is a pre-main-sequence star star with an average separation of 1.7 AU. The star system is embedded in the extended nebula IC 2177.
15 Delphini is a star in the equatorial constellation Delphinus. It has an apparent magnitude of 5.99, allowing it to be faintly seen with the naked eye. The star is relatively close at a distance of 99 light years but is receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of 4.1 km/s.
HD 194612 is a solitary orange hued star located in the southern circumpolar constellation Octans. It has an apparent magnitude of 5.9, making it visible to the naked eye under ideal conditions. Parallax measurements place it at a distance of 760 light years and it has a low heliocentric radial velocity of 0.3 km/s.
HD 182509, also designated as HR 7370, is an orange hued star located in the southern constellation Telescopium. It has an apparent magnitude of 5.69, making it faintly visible to the naked eye if viewed under ideal conditions. Parallax measurements place the object at a distance of 635 light years. It has a poorly constrained heliocentric radial velocity of −5 km/s, indicating that it is drifting towards the Solar System.
7 Tauri is a multiple star in the northern constellation of Taurus. It has a combined apparent visual magnitude of 5.95, so, according to the Bortle scale, it is faintly visible from suburban skies at night. Measurements made with the Gaia spacecraft show an annual parallax shift of 5.5 mas, which is equivalent to a distance of around 593 light years from the Sun.
RS Sagittarii is an eclipsing binary star system in the southern constellation of Sagittarius, abbreviated RS Sgr. It is a double-lined spectroscopic binary with an orbital period of 2.416 days, indicating that the components are too close to each other to be individually resolved. The system has a combined apparent visual magnitude of 6.01, which is bright enough to be faintly visible to the naked eye. During the primary eclipse the brightness drops to magnitude 6.97, while the secondary eclipse is of magnitude 6.28. The distance to this system is approximately 1,420 light years based on parallax measurements.