Basically, far!
The Sun is the closest (and brightest) star.
It is about:
– 93 million miles
– 150 million kilometres
The next closest star (Proxima Centauri) is invisible to the unaided human eye and you need to be in the Southern Hemisphere to see it with a telescope (it’s too dim to see with binoculars!)
Proxima Centauri is a dim, small red dwarf star. Distance from Earth is about:
– 4.2465 light-years
– 25 trillion miles
The second brightest star in the sky is Sirius, often called the “Dog Star”. Distance from Earth is about:
– 8.6 light-years
– 50.6 trillion miles
What is a light-year?
Answer to follow soon – search “what is a light year?” on this page.
Credit:
https://www.esa.int/About_Us/ESAC/Proxima_Centauri_our_nearest_neighbour
https://astrobackyard.com/sirius-star/
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