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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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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
18Nu Gem Gem 4.13 544.5 541.00 B6III
46The Lib Lib 4.13 168.5 51.76 K0III
16Psi Cap Cap 4.13 47.9 4.18 F5V
Bet Oct Oct 4.13 149.3 40.66 A9IV/V
17Iot Psc Psc 4.13 44.7 3.65 F7V
5 Tau Tau 4.14 342.2 211.84 K0II-III...
Merope 23 Tau ◈ Tau 4.14 380.1 261.34 B6IV
4Del Hya Hya 4.14 160.4 46.47 A1Vnn
Eta Cru Cru 4.14 64.4 7.50 F2III
4The CrB ◈ CrB 4.14 375.3 254.68 B6Vnn
13Eps CrB CrB 4.14 221.4 88.63 K3III
10Kap Peg Peg 4.14 111.6 22.53 F5IV
1 Lac Lac 4.14 621.2 697.59 K3III
22Del Mon Mon 4.15 384.2 264.24 A2V
75Rho Her Her 4.15 393.4 277.20 B9.5III
19Kap And And 4.15 168.4 50.77 B9IVn
1 Gem Gem 4.16 155.1 42.70 G7III
62Rho Gem Gem 4.16 58.9 6.15 F0V...
44 Oph Oph 4.16 83.2 12.27 A3IV:m
15Kap Cas ◈ Cas 4.17 — 187,068,214 B1Ia
HIP 17874 Eri 4.17 209.9 77.48 G8III
Ancha 43The Aqr Aqr 4.17 187.4 61.77 G8III-IV
Kang 98Kap Vir Vir 4.18 254.8 113.14 K3III
Xuange 19Lam Boo Boo 4.18 99.0 17.08 A0sh
HIP 81304 Sco 4.18 342.6 204.55 K5III
23Eps Cep ◈ Cep 4.18 85.4 12.72 F0IV
18Eps PsA PsA 4.18 486.8 413.05 B8V
2 Cen ◈ Cen 4.19 183.0 57.81 M5III
110 Her Her 4.19 62.7 6.77 F6V
32 Ori Ori 4.20 302.8 156.89 B5V
11 Pup Pup 4.20 521.8 466.02 F7/F8II
31Bet LMi LMi 4.20 153.9 40.51 G8III-IV
35Sig Her Her 4.20 314.8 169.51 B9Vvar
46Xi Peg Peg 4.20 53.2 4.84 F7V
23Del PsA PsA 4.20 154.1 40.63 G8III
HIP 16228 ◈ Cam 4.21 1,941.4 6,385.57 B9Ia
65Kap1Tau Tau 4.21 153.9 40.14 A7IV-V
22Eps UMi ◈ UMi 4.21 304.0 156.60 G5IIIvar
2The Cep Cep 4.21 136.5 31.56 A7III
Gam Pav Pav 4.21 30.2 1.55 F6V
16 Per Per 4.22 120.8 24.48 F2III
27Tau6Eri Eri 4.22 57.5 5.55 F3/F5V
HIP 38518 Pup 4.22 1,655.6 4,604.69 B0.5Ib
The Lup Lup 4.22 414.4 288.40 B2.5Vn
7Chi Oph ◈ Oph 4.22 525.2 463.45 B2Vne
43Phi Dra ◈ Dra 4.22 302.8 154.03 A0p (Si)
Bet Sct Sct 4.22 916.2 1,409.94 G5II...
Lam Pav ◈ Pav 4.22 1,430.5 3,435.58 B2II-III
12Del2Lyr ◈ Lyr 4.22 736.2 910.33 M4IIvar
52 Cyg Cyg 4.22 201.1 67.92 K0III
67Sig Cyg Cyg 4.22 2,886.3 13,996 B9Iab
90Phi Aqr Aqr 4.22 202.1 68.55 M2III
Zet Tuc Tuc 4.23 28.0 1.30 F9V
75Sig Gem ◈ Gem 4.23 125.1 26.01 K1III SB
43Bet Com Com 4.23 29.8 1.48 G0V
1 Cen Cen 4.23 63.3 6.66 F3V
93Tau Vir Vir 4.23 224.9 84.18 A3V
11Phi Her Her 4.23 204.0 69.25 B9MNp...
Bet Aps Aps 4.23 157.0 41.00 K0III
Gam CrA CrA 4.23 56.4 5.30 F7IV-V
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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.