The Research Consortium on Nearby Stars (RECONS) is an international group of astronomers founded in 1994 to investigate the stars nearest to the Solar System - those within 10 parsecs (32.6 light years). In part the project hopes a more accurate survey of local star systems will give a better picture of the star systems in the Galaxy as a whole.
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