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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
68Del3Tau ◈ Tau 4.30 148.5 34.42 A2IV
35Pi Aur ◈ Aur 4.30 751.5 881.45 M3IIvar
7Eta Hya ◈ Hya 4.30 586.6 537.03 B3V...
54 Leo Leo 4.30 286.9 128.35 A1
91Ups Leo Leo 4.30 181.5 51.38 G9III
HIP 57669 Cen 4.30 595.2 552.59 B3V
8Eta Crv Crv 4.30 59.6 5.55 F2V
HIP 70069 Cen 4.30 1,226.2 2,346.39 B6Ib
5Alp1Cap Cap 4.30 569.2 505.36 G3Ib
HIP 42568 ◈ Car 4.31 1,443.2 3,218.10 B1.5III
Del Oct Oct 4.31 299.0 138.17 K2III
Alkalurops 51Mu 1Boo Boo 4.31 113.1 19.79 F0V
10Ome2Sco Sco 4.31 290.7 130.62 G6/G8III
71 Aql Aql 4.31 337.3 175.87 G8III SB
37Psi Per ◈ Per 4.32 583.5 521.43 B5Ve
54 Eri ◈ Eri 4.32 368.5 207.97 M3/M4III
119 Tau ◈ Tau 4.32 1,792.1 4,920.40 M2Ib
44Kap Aur Aur 4.32 177.0 47.95 G8IIIvar
12 Hya Hya 4.32 245.0 91.96 G8III
Alterf 4Lam Leo Leo 4.32 329.1 165.96 K5IIIvar
The1Cru Cru 4.32 235.0 84.57 Am
Diadem 42Alp Com Com 4.32 58.1 5.18 F5V
3 Cen ◈ Cen 4.32 343.7 180.97 B5
Omi Lup Lup 4.32 404.2 250.26 B5IV
53Nu Ser Ser 4.32 203.2 63.27 A0/A1V
4Gam CMi CMi 4.33 318.2 153.60 K3III SB
HIP 62867 Cen 4.33 294.4 131.46 K3/K4III
Tau2Lup Lup 4.33 319.1 154.60 A7:+...
Guniibuu 36 Oph Oph 4.33 19.4 0.57 K2:III:
Pi Pav Pav 4.33 130.0 25.63 Am
1Kap Lyr Lyr 4.33 251.7 96.12 K2IIIvar
Alula Australis 53Xi UMa UMa 4.33 34.0 1.75 G0 Ve
29Pi And And 4.34 598.5 538.52 B5V
30Eps And And 4.34 163.8 40.36 G5III...
33The Cas Cas 4.34 133.6 26.82 A7Vvar
Del Dor Dor 4.34 149.6 33.67 A7V
4Xi 1CMa ◈ CMa 4.34 1,382.0 2,870.78 B1III
The Cha Cha 4.34 155.3 36.27 K0III-IV
HIP 45496 Car 4.34 488.3 358.43 M1III
HIP 47175 Vel 4.34 105.4 16.70 A5V
Ups2Cen Cen 4.34 1,269.1 2,421.03 F6II
Ome Lup Lup 4.34 218.6 71.85 K4.5III
49Sig Oph Oph 4.34 901.0 1,220.11 K3IIvar
6Zet1Lyr Lyr 4.34 156.1 36.64 Am
111 Her Her 4.34 94.2 13.35 A5III
9 Peg Peg 4.34 926.6 1,290.62 G5Ib
5 Lac Lac 4.34 1,647.3 4,081.31 M0II
Botein 57Del Ari Ari 4.35 169.7 42.89 K2IIIvar
2Pi 2Ori Ori 4.35 224.5 75.09 A1Vn
HIP 31407 Car 4.35 1,364.7 2,774.60 B9III
15 Lyn Lyn 4.35 178.3 47.38 G5III-IV
Eps Vol Vol 4.35 562.3 471.19 B6IV
13Rho Hya Hya 4.35 354.1 186.90 A0Vn
15Gam Com Com 4.35 167.3 41.69 K2IIICN+...
2 Lup Lup 4.35 325.8 158.20 K1II/III
Yildun 23Del UMi UMi 4.35 172.1 44.14 A1Vn
Xi Pav Pav 4.35 468.6 327.19 M1III SB
21The Lyr Lyr 4.35 832.0 1,031.81 K0II
9Iot PsA PsA 4.35 204.2 62.12 B9.5V
Bet1Tuc Tuc 4.36 135.1 26.92 B9V
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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.