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
Proxima Centauri ◈	Cen	11.01	4.2	0.00	M5Ve
Toliman Alp2Cen	Cen	1.35	4.3	0.44	K1V
Rigil Kentaurus Alp1Cen	Cen	-0.01	4.3	1.54	G2V
Barnard's Star ◈	Oph	9.54	5.9	0.00	sdM4
Wolf 359	Leo	13.45	7.8	0.00	M6
Lalande 21185	UMa	7.49	8.3	0.01	M2V
HYG 118079	Cet	12.57	8.6	0.00	dM5.5e
HYG 118080	Cet	12.70	8.6	0.00	dM5.5e
Sirius 9Alp CMa	CMa	-1.44	8.6	22.82	A0m...
HYG 118441	CMa	8.44	8.6	0.00	DA2
Ross 154 ◈	Sgr	10.37	9.7	0.00	M3.5Ve
Ross 248	And	12.29	10.3	0.00	dM6 e
Ran 18Eps Eri ◈	Eri	3.72	10.5	0.29	K2V
Lacaille 9352	PsA	7.35	10.7	0.01	M2/M3V
Ross 128	Vir	11.12	10.9	0.00	M4.5V
EZ Aqr	Aqr	12.66	11.1	0.00	M5 e
Struve 2398 B	Dra	9.70	11.3	0.00	K5
61 Cyg ◈	Cyg	5.20	11.4	0.09	K5V
HYG 118493	CMi	10.70	11.4	0.00	DA
61 Cyg	Cyg	6.05	11.4	0.04	K7V
Procyon 10Alp CMi	CMi	0.40	11.5	7.44	F5IV-V
HYG 117979	And	11.06	11.6	0.00	M6 Ve
Struve 2398 A	Dra	8.94	11.6	0.00	K5
Groombridge 34 ◈	And	8.09	11.7	0.01	M1V
Eps Ind	Ind	4.69	11.8	0.15	K5V
HYG 118541	Cnc	14.81	11.8	0.00	M6.5
52Tau Cet	Cet	3.49	11.9	0.47	G8V
HIP 5643 ◈	Cet	12.10	12.0	0.00	M5.5Ve
HIP 82724	Ara	11.85	12.1	0.00	Mp
Luyten's Star	CMi	9.84	12.4	0.00	M5
Kapteyn's Star ◈	Pic	8.86	12.8	0.00	M0V
Lacaille 8760 ◈	Mic	6.69	12.9	0.03	M1/M2V
Kruger 60 ◈	Cep	9.59	13.0	0.00	M2V
HYG 119505	Cep	11.30	13.1	0.00	M6 V
HYG 118428	Mon	14.60	13.4	0.00	—
Ross 614 ◈	Mon	11.12	13.5	0.00	M4.5Ve
HIP 82725	Ara	11.72	13.5	0.00	—
Van Maanen's Star	Psc	12.37	13.9	0.00	DG
HYG 118236	Hor	13.03	14.0	0.00	M4.5
Wolf 1061 ◈	Oph	10.10	14.0	0.00	M4
HYG 118830	Vir	13.04	14.0	0.00	dM5.5eJ
HYG 118831	Vir	13.30	14.0	0.00	M7
HIP 439	Scl	8.56	14.2	0.01	M2V
HYG 118583	Cnc	10.89	14.6	0.00	k
HYG 118100	Ari	12.28	14.6	0.00	dM8 e
HYG 118704	Car	13.92	14.6	0.00	m
HYG 118707	Sex	15.60	14.8	0.00	M6.5
HIP 86162	Dra	9.15	14.8	0.00	M3.5Vvar
HIP 85523	Ara	9.38	14.8	0.00	K5
HIP 57367	Mus	11.50	15.0	0.00	DC:
HIP 113020 ◈	Aqr	10.16	15.3	0.00	M5
HYG 117960	Cet	13.75	15.3	0.00	M5-5.5
HYG 119312	Cyg	13.41	15.4	0.00	M5.5 V e
HYG 119313	Cyg	14.01	15.4	0.00	m
HYG 118727	UMa	14.40	15.8	0.00	M6 e
HIP 54211 ◈	UMa	8.82	15.8	0.01	M2Vvar
HIP 49908	UMa	6.60	15.9	0.05	K8V
HYG 118676	Leo	9.40	16.0	0.00	M4.5Ve
HIP 106440	Gru	8.66	16.2	0.01	M1V
Keid 40Omi2Eri	Eri	4.43	16.3	0.37	K1V

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.