<P> The following are the stars with highest proper motion from the Hipparcos catalog . It does not include stars such as Teegarden's star, which are too faint for that catalog . A more complete list of stellar objects can be made by doing a criteria query at the SIMBAD astronomical database . </P> <Table> Highest proper motion stars <Tr> <Th> #</Th> <Th> Star </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Proper motion </Th> <Th> Radial velocity (km / s) </Th> <Th> Parallax (mas) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> μ cos δ (mas / yr) </Th> <Th> μ (mas / yr) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Barnard's star </Td> <Td> − 798.58 </Td> <Td> 10328.12 </Td> <Td> − 110.51 </Td> <Td> 548.31 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kapteyn's star </Td> <Td> 6505.08 </Td> <Td> − 5730.84 </Td> <Td> + 245.19 </Td> <Td> 255.66 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Groombridge 1830 </Td> <Td> 4003.98 </Td> <Td> − 5813.62 </Td> <Td> − 98.35 </Td> <Td> 109.99 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Lacaille 9352 </Td> <Td> 6768.20 </Td> <Td> 1327.52 </Td> <Td> + 8.81 </Td> <Td> 305.26 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Gliese 1 (CD − 37 15492) (GJ 1) </Td> <Td> 5634.68 </Td> <Td> − 2337.71 </Td> <Td> + 25.38 </Td> <Td> 230.42 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> HIP 67593 </Td> <Td> 2118.73 </Td> <Td> 5397.57 </Td> <Td> - 4.4 </Td> <Td> 187.76 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> 61 Cygni A & B </Td> <Td> 4133.05 </Td> <Td> 3201.78 </Td> <Td> − 65.74 </Td> <Td> 286 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> Lalande 21185 </Td> <Td> − 580.27 </Td> <Td> − 4765.85 </Td> <Td> − 84.69 </Td> <Td> 392.64 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> Epsilon Indi </Td> <Td> 3960.93 </Td> <Td> − 2539.23 </Td> <Td> − 40.00 </Td> <Td> 276.06 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> #</Th> <Th> Star </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Proper motion </Th> <Th> Radial velocity (km / s) </Th> <Th> Parallax (mas) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> μ cos δ (mas / yr) </Th> <Th> μ (mas / yr) </Th> </Tr>

The proper motion must be combined with the star's distance to give us its transverse velocity