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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
HIP 25348 Aur 8.50 2,508.9 205.12 A0
HIP 418 ◈ Cas 5.80 723.2 204.93 B8MNp...
HIP 13563 For 8.22 2,203.8 204.93 K2III
HIP 80164 Her 7.09 1,309.9 204.93 K2
HIP 17485 Ret 8.28 2,265.0 204.74 K3/K4III
HIP 44625 UMa 7.42 1,524.1 204.74 K0
HIP 84398 Sco 8.28 2,265.0 204.74 K1III
HIP 97466 Aql 7.34 1,469.2 204.74 B9
HIP 28196 Ori 8.28 2,265.0 204.74 A0
HIP 101179 Cyg 7.60 1,655.6 204.74 A3
HIP 33957 Pup 6.86 1,177.5 204.74 A2III
HIP 82029 Her 8.47 2,470.9 204.55 M2
HIP 81304 Sco 4.18 342.6 204.55 K5III
HIP 3517 Tuc 6.94 1,221.6 204.55 K4II/IIICNV:
HIP 45611 Cnc 8.39 2,380.7 204.36 G5
HIP 76809 Lup 6.21 872.1 204.36 K5/M0III
HIP 96782 Sgr 8.66 2,695.5 204.36 G8IV
HIP 5127 Tuc 9.01 3,166.6 204.36 G8III
HIP 32020 Gem 6.28 901.0 204.36 A1V
HIP 96700 Sge 7.68 1,716.6 204.36 K2II
HIP 14494 Eri 6.95 1,226.2 204.36 G5
HIP 27055 Pic 7.96 1,953.0 204.36 K1III
HIP 40244 Pup 8.59 2,609.2 204.17 K5/M0III
HIP 56862 ◈ Mus 5.01 501.8 204.17 G2III + A
HIP 54474 Oct 6.87 1,181.7 204.17 M2III
HIP 29645 Ori 7.86 1,863.7 204.17 A3
HIP 88443 Pav 8.36 2,346.4 204.17 B5III
HIP 51810 ◈ Car 6.87 1,181.7 204.17 M3III
HIP 50047 Vel 7.21 1,382.0 204.17 K3/K4III
HIP 111302 Cep 6.96 1,230.8 203.99 K2
HIP 84748 Sco 6.64 1,062.4 203.99 B9III
HIP 1339 Psc 6.51 1,000.5 203.99 M2III:
HIP 105185 Ind 6.96 1,230.8 203.99 K4/K5III
8Iot Ari Ari 5.09 520.2 203.99 K1p...
HIP 116036 Psc 8.33 2,313.2 203.99 —
HIP 59640 Com 8.54 2,548.1 203.99 K4IV
HIP 111950 Cep 8.49 2,489.7 203.99 B3
HIP 109927 Aqr 8.97 3,106.2 203.99 B8
HIP 107956 ◈ Peg 6.27 896.0 203.99 M8III
HIP 107671 Cyg 8.11 2,090.7 203.99 K5
7 Eri ◈ Eri 6.11 832.0 203.99 M2III
HIP 106211 Cyg 8.11 2,090.7 203.99 M...
HIP 66434 Cen 8.95 3,076.9 203.80 K2/K3III
HIP 115585 Peg 8.24 2,218.7 203.80 G8III
HIP 73415 Aps 5.92 762.0 203.80 G8II
HIP 31456 Mon 8.89 2,992.3 203.80 K2
HIP 76155 Lib 8.24 2,218.7 203.80 K2III
HIP 102193 Cep 7.66 1,698.7 203.80 B8
HIP 37253 Cam 8.24 2,218.7 203.80 F0
HIP 8901 Per 8.85 2,938.3 203.80 K2
HIP 81399 Ara 8.89 2,992.3 203.80 B9:+...
HIP 2377 Cas 5.94 769.2 203.80 B9IIIn
HIP 44010 Cnc 6.19 862.8 203.80 G8III
HIP 9871 For 7.85 1,853.2 203.61 M0III
HIP 100828 Del 8.70 2,740.8 203.61 K5
HIP 91870 Ser 7.90 1,896.3 203.61 K0
HIP 113268 Lac 7.26 1,411.9 203.61 B9
HIP 36733 CMi 7.65 1,689.9 203.61 G0
HIP 86954 Oph 6.85 1,169.0 203.61 B4V
HIP 17555 Eri 8.41 2,398.2 203.61 K4III:
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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.