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\title{THE SOLAR NEIGHBORHOOD IV:\\
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DISCOVERY OF THE TWENTIETH NEAREST STAR SYSTEM}

\author{Todd J.\ Henry\/\thanks{Visiting Astronomer, Cerro Tololo Inter-American
Observatory.  CTIO is operated by AURA, Inc.\ under contract to the National Science Foundation.}\morethanks{Hubble Fellow.}\\
\\
Space Telescope Science Institute\\
3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218-2410\\
\and
Philip A.\ Ianna\/\thanks{Visiting Astronomer, Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring
Observatories, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.}\\
\\
Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia\\
Charlottesville, VA 22903-0818\\
\and
J.\ Davy Kirkpatrick\/\samethanks{1}\\
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Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California\\
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1562\\
\and
Hartmut Jahrei{\ss}\\
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Astronomisches Rechen Institut\\
D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany}

\tobe{July 1997}{The Astronomical Journal}
\recacc{28 January 1997}{26 March 1997}

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\begin{abstract} 

As part of a RECONS (Research Consortium on Nearby Stars) effort to
discover stars nearer than 10~pc, LHS~1565 (GJ~1061; V~=~13.03; M5.5~V) 
has been found to be only 3.7~pc from the Sun using a combination
of photometric, spectroscopic and trigonometric parallax work.  It
ranks as the twentieth closest stellar system and underscores the
incompleteness of the nearby star sample, particularly for objects
near the end of the main sequence.  Ironically, this unassuming red
dwarf provides a shocking reminder of how much we have yet to learn
about even our nearest stellar neighbors.

\end{abstract}