Stars

119,625 real stars from the HYG catalog: every Hipparcos star, with distances, brightnesses, spectral types and luminosities.

Source: the HYG stellar database v4.1 (CC BY-SA), built from the Hipparcos, Yale and Gliese catalogs. 464 stars carry proper names; the rest go by catalog numbers, as astronomers know them. Blank cells mean the catalog holds no measured value, never a guess. The galaxy holds 100–400 billion stars; this is the well-measured neighborhood.

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The spectral classesO B A F G K M

Every star in the catalogue below belongs to one of these families, from hottest blue to coolest red. The Sun is a G.

White dwarf

Brown dwarf

Star	Constellation	Magnitude	Distance (ly)	Luminosity (Suns)	Spectral type
Sirius 9Alp CMa	CMa	-1.44	8.6	22.82	A0m...
Canopus Alp Car	Car	-0.62	309.2	13,855	F0Ib
Arcturus 16Alp Boo	Boo	-0.05	36.7	115.56	K2IIIp
Rigil Kentaurus Alp1Cen	Cen	-0.01	4.3	1.54	G2V
Vega 3Alp Lyr	Lyr	0.03	25.0	49.93	A0Vvar
Capella 13Alp Aur	Aur	0.08	42.8	139.32	M1: comp
Rigel 19Bet Ori	Ori	0.18	862.8	51,665	B8Ia
Procyon 10Alp CMi	CMi	0.40	11.5	7.44	F5IV-V
Betelgeuse 58Alp Ori ◈	Ori	0.45	497.9	13,415	M2Ib
Achernar Alp Eri ◈	Eri	0.45	139.4	1,051.96	B3Vp
Hadar Bet Cen ◈	Cen	0.61	392.0	7,171.33	B1III
Altair 53Alp Aql ◈	Aql	0.76	16.7	11.38	A7IV-V
Acrux Alp1Cru	Cru	0.77	322.0	4,176.38	B0.5IV
Aldebaran 87Alp Tau ◈	Tau	0.87	66.6	163.23	K5III
Spica 67Alp Vir ◈	Vir	0.98	249.7	2,070.14	B1V
Antares 21Alp Sco ◈	Sco	1.06	553.7	9,453.66	M1Ib + B2.5V
Pollux 78Bet Gem	Gem	1.16	33.8	32.09	K0IIIvar
Fomalhaut 24Alp PsA	PsA	1.17	25.1	17.59	A3V
Deneb 50Alp Cyg ◈	Cyg	1.25	1,411.9	51,618	A2Ia
Mimosa Bet Cru ◈	Cru	1.25	278.5	2,008.17	B0.5III
Toliman Alp2Cen	Cen	1.35	4.3	0.44	K1V
Regulus 32Alp Leo	Leo	1.36	79.3	147.10	B7V
Adhara 21Eps CMa	CMa	1.50	405.2	3,375.98	B2II
Castor 66Alp Gem	Gem	1.58	50.9	49.43	A2Vm
Gacrux Gam Cru	Cru	1.59	88.6	148.46	M4III
Shaula 35Lam Sco ◈	Sco	1.62	571.2	6,008.97	B1.5IV+...
Bellatrix 24Gam Ori	Ori	1.64	252.4	1,152.39	B2III
Elnath 112Bet Tau	Tau	1.65	133.9	321.22	B7III
Miaplacidus Bet Car	Car	1.67	113.2	225.32	A2IV
Alnilam 46Eps Ori ◈	Ori	1.69	1,976.7	67,484	B0Ia
Alnair Alp Gru	Gru	1.73	101.0	169.82	B7IV
Alnitak 50Zet Ori	Ori	1.74	736.2	8,937.17	O9.5Ib SB
Alioth 77Eps UMa ◈	UMa	1.76	82.6	110.26	A0p
Mirfak 33Alp Per	Per	1.79	506.5	4,040.17	F5Ib
Kaus Australis 20Eps Sgr	Sgr	1.79	143.3	323.30	B9.5III
Dubhe 50Alp UMa	UMa	1.81	122.9	233.35	F7V comp
Wezen 25Del CMa	CMa	1.83	1,606.7	39,192	F8Ia
Alkaid 85Eta UMa	UMa	1.85	103.9	160.99	B3V SB
Avior Eps Car	Car	1.86	605.1	5,405.05	K3III+B2V
Sargas The Sco	Sco	1.86	300.3	1,331.68	F1II
Menkalinan 34Bet Aur ◈	Aur	1.90	81.1	93.58	A2V
Atria Alp TrA	TrA	1.91	390.6	2,151.79	K2IIb-IIIa
Alsephina Del Vel ◈	Vel	1.93	80.6	89.78	A1V
Alhena 24Gam Gem	Gem	1.93	109.3	165.35	A0IV
Peacock Alp Pav	Pav	1.94	178.8	438.53	B2IV
Polaris 1Alp UMi ◈	UMi	1.97	432.6	2,495.74	F7:Ib-IIv SB
Mirzam 2Bet CMa ◈	CMa	1.98	492.7	3,209.22	B1II/III
Alphard 30Alp Hya	Hya	1.99	180.3	425.79	K3III
Algieba 41Gam1Leo	Leo	2.01	130.1	217.57	K0III
Hamal 13Alp Ari	Ari	2.01	65.8	55.67	K2III
Diphda 16Bet Cet	Cet	2.04	96.3	116.09	K0III
Nunki 34Sig Sgr	Sgr	2.05	227.8	642.69	B2.5V
Menkent 5The Cen	Cen	2.06	58.8	42.46	K0IIIb
Kochab 7Bet UMi	UMi	2.07	130.9	208.55	K4IIIvar
Saiph 53Kap Ori	Ori	2.07	647.1	5,095.65	B0.5Iavar
Mirach 43Bet And	And	2.07	197.4	474.24	M0IIIvar
Alpheratz 21Alp And ◈	And	2.07	97.0	114.50	B9p
Tiaki Bet Gru	Gru	2.07	177.0	380.89	M5III
Rasalhague 55Alp Oph	Oph	2.08	48.6	28.44	A5III
Algol 26Bet Per ◈	Per	2.09	89.9	96.56	B8V

Magnitude runs backwards: smaller numbers are brighter (the sky’s brightest star, Sirius, is −1.44). Naked-eye limit is about +6.5 under dark skies. Distances come from measured parallaxes; luminosities are computed from brightness plus distance.