List of high-proper-motion stars

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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".[1]

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 (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 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.

'PM' = Proper Motion; 'RM' = Radial Motion
Star article Other name PM (arc sec/yr) RM (km/s) citations
3 Andromedae 0.236 -35 PM;[2] RM[3]
5 Andromedae 0.201 -2.6 PM;[2] RM[4]
5 Cancri "high" +10 PM;[5] RM[6]
6 Andromedae 0.272 -32.4 PM;[2] RM[4]
15 Delphini "high" -4.1 PM;[G 1] RM[3]
23 Andromedae 0.191 -27 PM;[2] RM[7]
23 Leonis Minoris "high" -16 PM;[G 2] RM[citation needed]
25 Cancri 0.245 +38 PM;[2] RM[G 3]
32 Boötis 0.194 -23 PM;[2] RM[4]
35 Pegasi 0.318 +54 PM;[2] RM[8]
37 Librae "high" +49 PM;[5] RM[9]
38 Aurigae 0.181 +34 PM;[2] RM[4]
39 Arietis Lilii Borea "high" Name;[10] PM[5]
39 Aurigae 0.151 +34 PM;[2] RM[7]
40 Eridani Omicron2 Eridani 4.088 -42.47 Name;[11] PM;[11] RM[G 4]
40 Leonis Minoris "variable" +10 PM;[12] RM[3]
41 Andromedae 0.171 +10 PM;[2] RM[7]
58 Andromedae 0.159 +8 PM;[2] RM[4]
61 Cygni 61 Cygni A 5.281 -65.97 PM;[11] RM[G 5]
61 Cygni 61 Cygni B 5.172 -64.59 PM;[11] RM[G 6]
68 Aquarii "high" +24.5 PM;[G 7] RM[4]
83 Cancri 0.185 -15 PM;[2] RM[4]
89 Leonis "high" +4.8 PM;[G 8] RM[13]
Alpha Centauri A Rigil Kentaurus 3.710 -21.4 Name;[14] PM;[11] RM[15]
Alpha Centauri B Toliman 3.724 -18.6 Name;[14] PM;[11] RM[15]
Barnard's Star 10.358 -110 PM;[11] RM[G 9]
Delta Phoenicis "high" -7 PM;[5] RM[3]
Epsilon Indi ε Ind A 4.704 -40.43 PM;[11] RM[G 10]
Eta Eridani Azha "high" -20.32 Name;[10] PM;[16] RM[citation needed]
Gliese 1 CD-37 15492 6.1 +23.6 Name;[11] PM;[11][17] RM[18]
Gliese 412 4.511 +64.9 PM;[11] RM[19]
Gliese 514 "high" +14.606 PM;[G 11] RM[20]
Gliese 809 0.77 -17.3 PM;[S 1] RM[21]
Groombridge 1830 Argelander's Star 7.058 -98 Name;[22] PM;[11] RM[19]
HD 26755 "high" -38 PM;[G 12] RM[3]
HD 29559 "high" +24.2 PM;[G 13] RM[3]
HD 30432 "high" -6 PM;[G 14] RM[3]
HD 30442 "high" -37 PM;[G 15] RM[8]
HD 32820 "high" +29.8 PM;[G 16] RM[23]
HD 36187 "high" +50 PM;[G 17] RM[24]
HD 39194 "high" +13.9 PM;[G 18] RM[3]
HD 43899 "high" +66.5 PM;[G 19] RM[3]
HD 46568 "high" +39 PM;[G 20] RM[3]
HD 46815 "high" +32.2 PM;[G 21] RM[3]
HD 73468 "high" -26.5 PM;[G 22] RM[3]
HD 83332 "high" +30 PM;[G 23] RM[18]
HD 85725 "high" +61.6 PM;[G 24] RM[21]
HD 88218 "high" +36.7 PM;[G 25] RM[21]
HD 90132 "high" +17 PM;[G 26] RM[3]
HD 91324 "high" +21 PM;[G 27] RM[G 27]
HD 99015 "high" -5.9 PM;[G 28] RM[3]
HD 101917 "high" +33 PM;[G 29] RM[3]
HD 117566 "high" +14 PM;[G 30] RM[25]
HD 134439 and HD 134440 HIP 74234 and HIP 74235 3.681 +310 (approx) Name;[11] PM;[11] RM[citation needed]
HD 138289 "high" +13.1 PM;[G 31] RM[19]
HD 140283 Methuselah star "high" −169 Name;[26] PM;[5] RM[S 2]
HD 154556 "high" -24 PM;[G 32] RM[3]
HD 154972 "high" -3.1 PM;[G 33] RM[3]
HD 164712 "high" +14.8 PM;[G 34] RM[3]
HD 167096 "high" -27 PM;[G 35] RM[24]
HD 168592 "high" +18 PM;[G 36] RM[3]
HD 174474 "high" -44 PM;[G 37] RM[3]
HD 176664 "high" -60 PM;[G 38] RM[3]
HD 178845 "high" -25 PM;[G 39] RM[3][G 40]
HD 182893 "high" -27 PM;[G 41] RM[3]
HD 191806 "high" -15.28 PM;[G 42] RM[citation needed]
HD 192886 "high" -29.6 PM;[G 43] RM[3]
HD 194012 "high" 4.5 PM;[G 44] RM[3]
HD 194953 "high" -28 PM;[G 45] RM[3]
HD 197630 "high" -30 PM;[G 46] RM[citation needed]
HD 198716 "high" +20 PM;[G 47] RM[3]
HD 200779 0.569 -67 PM;[G 48][S 3] RM[27]
HD 201772 "high" -41 PM;[G 49] RM[3]
HD 204018 "high" +18.3 PM;[G 50] RM[3]
HD 208741 "high" +8 PM;[G 51] RM[3]
HD 210056 "high" +24 PM;[G 52] RM[3]
HR 8526 "high" +15 PM;[G 53] RM[3][15]
Kapteyn's Star 8.671 +245 PM;[11] RM[G 54]
Lacaille 8760 Gliese 825 3.455 +20.7 Name;[28] PM;[11] RM[29]
Lacaille 9352 6.896 +9.7 PM;[11] RM[29]
Lalande 21185 4.802 -85.6 PM;[11] RM[30]
LP 40-365 "high" +498 PM;[31] RM[31]
Luyten's Star 3.738 17.35 PM;[11] RM[G 55]
Mu Cassiopeiae Al Marfik 3.777 -98 Name;[32] PM;[5][11] RM[33]
Omicron Columbae "high" PM[5]
Proxima Centauri 3.853 -22.2 PM;[11][34] RM[35]
Q Scorpii "high" -49 PM;[G 56] RM[3]
SSSPM J1549-3544 "high" PM[G 57]
Teegarden's Star 5 +68.3 PM[S 4][better source needed]; RM[36]
Upsilon Octantis "high" +19 PM;[G 58] RM[24]
Upsilon Pegasi Alkarab "high" -8.6 Name;[10] PM;[5] RM[37]
V718 Coronae Australis "high" +28.5 PM;[G 59] RM[3]
V744 Centauri 0.05 (minim) PM[38]

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