answersLogoWhite

0

There are 100 stars within 6.5 parsecs (21 light years) and the brightest are Sirius, Alpha Centauri, Procyon and Altair. The group is just called 'the local group'. Eleven of the 100 stars are brighter than the Sun.

User Avatar

Wiki User

11y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

What is a group of stars to which your solar system belongs?

The group of stars to which our solar system belongs is called the Milky Way Galaxy.


What is a group of heavenly called?

A group of heavenly bodies is called a solar system. Heavenly bodies are the stars, planets, comets, asteroids, and moons of a solar system.


Where is Picses position in the solar system?

The Picses constellation is a group of stars far from our solar system, the closest of these stars being around 14 light years from us.


What is a group of stars and the planets and other objects orbiting around it?

Solar system


Is the milky way a solar system or galaxy?

The Milky Way is a galaxy because it contains our solar system and multiple stars. the reason for this is that a solar system is a group of planets that travels in a circular pattern around the sun. A galaxy is a are that contains a solar system along with billions of stars


Your solar system is part of a group of stars called the?

Our solar system is part of the Orion Arm of the Milky Way galaxy.


Are there any stars ahead of your solar system?

Yes. There are no stars in the Solar System besides the Sun but there are over billions of stars out of our Solar System.


What is a group of planets and their moons that orbit a central star?

A group of planets moving around a star is called a solar system. Planets outside our solar system are called exoplanets. Despite the difficulty of detection, many hundreds have been discovered recently, orbiting other stars.


What are stars in the solar system like?

there is only 1 star in our solar system, which is our sun. the stars that we can see at night are outside of our solar system


Are there lots of stars in the solar system?

There is only one star in our solar system, which is the sun. None of the other stars you see are in our solar system.


What is A very large group of stars and planets that includes the sun and it's solar system?

A very large group of stars and planets that includes the Sun and its solar system is known as a galaxy. Our solar system is part of the Milky Way galaxy, which contains billions of stars, along with their respective planetary systems, gas, dust, and dark matter. Galaxies can vary in size and structure, and they are fundamental components of the universe.


What is the name of the galaxy that earth and the solar system belong to?

Our Solar System belongs to a group of stars that are clustered together in the Milky Way