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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.

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White dwarf
Brown dwarf
Brightest in our sky Nearest to the Sun Most luminous Stars with proper names Variable stars
StarConstellationMagnitude Distance (ly)Luminosity (Suns)Spectral type
70 Oph ◈ Oph 4.03 16.6 0.55 K0V SB
Aldulfin 2Eps Del Del 4.03 330.5 218.37 B6III
28Ome Psc Psc 4.03 104.3 21.78 F4IV
Beid 38Omi1Eri ◈ Eri 4.04 121.7 29.35 F2II-III
3Nu Vir ◈ Vir 4.04 293.8 171.08 M0III
23The Boo Boo 4.04 47.4 4.45 F7V
62Eta Aqr Aqr 4.04 167.9 55.87 B9IV-Vn
Iot Per Per 4.05 34.4 2.32 G0V
Alp Cha Cha 4.05 63.8 7.99 F5III
HIP 42884 Vel 4.05 228.9 102.90 G5III
77Sig Leo Leo 4.05 220.1 95.15 B9.5Vs
5Ups Boo Boo 4.05 263.5 136.27 K5IIIvar
Psi Cen Cen 4.05 258.9 131.58 A0IV
Rho Lup Lup 4.05 316.0 196.25 B5V
71Tau2Aqr Aqr 4.05 317.6 198.06 K5III
9Omi2Ori Ori 4.06 185.9 67.30 K2III
69Ups Gem Gem 4.06 270.9 142.82 K5III
15Gam Crt Crt 4.06 82.3 13.18 A9V
Eps Mus ◈ Mus 4.06 301.4 176.85 M5III
Zet Cru Cru 4.06 357.6 248.89 B2.5V
HIP 72010 Cen 4.06 209.5 85.43 K3III
Eps1Ara Ara 4.06 360.8 253.28 K4III
Syrma 99Iot Vir Vir 4.07 72.5 10.14 F7V
Lam Lup Lup 4.07 776.6 1,163.05 B3V
Bet Cir Cir 4.07 99.7 19.14 A3V
27Del Cep ◈ Cep 4.07 865.1 1,442.78 G2Ibvar
34Zet And ◈ And 4.08 189.2 68.36 K1II
Del Hyi Hyi 4.08 139.7 37.29 A3V
82Del Cet ◈ Cet 4.08 649.7 806.12 B2IV
11Tau3Eri Eri 4.08 88.6 15.01 A4V
14The CMa CMa 4.08 260.7 129.90 K4III
HIP 46974 Car 4.08 1,325.8 3,357.38 B5II
Alkes 7Alp Crt Crt 4.08 159.2 48.39 K1III
13 Lyr ◈ Lyr 4.08 298.1 169.82 M5IIIvar
23The Cap Cap 4.08 162.2 50.26 A1V
1 Peg Peg 4.08 155.8 46.39 K1III
40Phi2Ori Ori 4.09 117.5 26.13 G8III-IV
Gudja 35Kap Ser Ser 4.09 381.9 276.18 M1III
Titawin 50Ups And And 4.10 44.0 3.63 F8V
13The Per Per 4.10 36.3 2.47 F7V
HIP 38164 Pup 4.10 1,647.3 5,090.96 B0III
Zet Tel Tel 4.10 126.2 29.90 G8/K0III
Bet CrA CrA 4.10 474.1 421.50 K0II/IIICN.
Iot Eri Eri 4.11 150.6 42.19 K0III
Muliphein 23Gam CMa CMa 4.11 441.9 363.08 B8II
HIP 42312 Vel 4.11 1,822.1 6,171.63 A6II
Zhang 39Ups1Hya Hya 4.11 263.9 129.42 G6/G8III
Gam Cha Cha 4.11 417.6 324.19 M0III
HIP 57439 Cen 4.11 389.7 282.10 G0II
Eps TrA TrA 4.11 201.7 75.58 K0III
Meridiana Alp CrA CrA 4.11 125.3 29.19 A0/A1V
Zet Gru Gru 4.11 108.9 22.02 G8III
Eps Hyi Hyi 4.12 151.8 42.46 B9III
51Mu Per Per 4.12 901.0 1,494.17 G0Ib...
61Mu Ori Ori 4.12 154.9 44.22 Am...
9Omi Vir Vir 4.12 163.2 49.07 G8III
Iot Sgr Sgr 4.12 181.8 60.87 K0III
18Ome Cap Cap 4.12 842.8 1,307.37 K4III
Del2Gru Gru 4.12 330.1 200.63 M4.5IIIa
29 Ori Ori 4.13 157.3 45.16 G8III
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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.