The star nearest our Solar System, Proxima Centauri, is about four lightyears away so it takes about four years before we see its light.
The star Polaris, which we refer to as the North Star or North Pole Star, is 680 lightyears away.
Most of the stars we see with the naked eye at night are within a few hundred lightyears, although a handful are as far away as 2,000 lightyears.
We don't see stars 5,000 lightyears away with the naked eye.
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