5th closest star

[Sonyme]

This is a question from a quiz which should have only one answer, but I keep coming up with two!
Which star,in the constellation of Ophiuchus, is just under six light years away anf the fifth closest to star to Earth?

[kempie]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnard's_Star

[Sonyme]

Thank you for that. barnards star is, I think, the required answer, but other searches list this as the third closest star to earth. The fifth closest is 8.5 light years distant

[kempie]

Perhaps you are being confused by a list such as this...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nearest_s tars

which lists Barnard's Star as placed in the third closest stellar system but you will see is actually the fifth star in the list.

[kempie]

^^^ of course the above list has Barnard's Star as the 2nd closest because we inhabit the first system!

[Sonyme]

Thanks again - I think the 5.9 light years didtant means it has to be Barnards. I am going with that anyway.