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The cumulative number of stellar systems known
within 10 pc (234 as of 1998.5) is shown with points. Assuming that
the density of stars in a sphere of space surrounding the Sun with a 5
pc radius carries out to 10 pc, 130 systems in the larger sphere are
anticipated to be missing from present catalogs. The four stars
discovered to be within 10 pc via trigonometric parallax work by the
RECONS effort (one published, three unpublished to date) are
represented by open red circles.
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