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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
Eta Phe Phe 4.36 246.3 89.62 A0IV
65Xi 1Cet Cet 4.36 383.3 216.77 G8II:
35Sig Per Per 4.36 359.6 190.90 K3III
37 Tau Tau 4.36 187.1 51.71 K0III
61Ome Eri Eri 4.36 235.0 81.51 A9IV
4Kap Lep Lep 4.36 728.0 782.71 B7V
Gam Col Col 4.36 869.7 1,116.86 B2.5IV
20Iot CMa ◈ CMa 4.36 2,508.9 9,289.66 B3Ib/II
29Zet Mon Mon 4.36 1,058.9 1,655.01 G2Ib
Chi Cen ◈ Cen 4.36 510.4 384.41 B2V
41Iot Aql Aql 4.36 391.1 225.74 B5III
30 Psc ◈ Psc 4.37 432.0 272.90 M3III
Kap Col Col 4.37 182.5 48.71 G8II
30Tau CMa ◈ CMa 4.37 2,992.3 13,098 O9Ib
HIP 53773 Vel 4.37 196.2 56.34 A3IV
102 Her Her 4.37 916.2 1,228.00 B2IV
The1Sgr Sgr 4.37 518.5 393.37 B2.5IV
51The Vir Vir 4.38 315.7 144.41 A1V
1Kap Cep Cep 4.38 314.8 143.62 B9III
99 Aqr Aqr 4.38 283.4 116.41 K4III
Bet Scl Scl 4.38 174.0 43.89 B9.5IVMNpe.
Psi Phe ◈ Phe 4.39 341.9 167.80 M4III SB
HIP 17884 ◈ Cam 4.39 795.5 908.66 M1III
37Phi1Ori Ori 4.39 1,087.2 1,696.68 B0IV...
54Chi1Ori ◈ Ori 4.39 28.3 1.15 G0V
8Eps Mon Mon 4.39 122.3 21.48 A5IV
HIP 39311 CMi 4.39 254.0 92.64 K2III
31 Leo Leo 4.39 295.4 125.31 K4III
110 Vir Vir 4.39 195.4 54.85 K0III
25Iot Oph Oph 4.39 245.2 86.38 B8V
40Xi Oph Oph 4.39 56.6 4.60 F2/F3V
Sham 5Alp Sge Sge 4.39 425.2 259.66 G0II
6Bet Sge Sge 4.39 439.6 277.46 G8II
The Ind Ind 4.39 98.8 14.01 A5V
38Eta And And 4.40 229.7 75.09 G8III-IV
Omi Pup ◈ Pup 4.40 1,418.1 2,860.22 B1IV:nne
16 Pup Pup 4.40 465.3 307.89 B5V
Kap Pav ◈ Pav 4.40 500.2 356.12 F5Ib-II:
Del Ind Ind 4.40 188.1 50.35 F0IV
HIP 32761 ◈ Car 4.41 544.5 418.02 G6II
46Tau Gem Gem 4.41 321.0 145.34 K2III
HIP 70300 ◈ Cen 4.41 457.4 295.12 B2V
Maasym 76Lam Her Her 4.41 369.4 192.31 K3IIIvar
94Nu Her ◈ Her 4.41 860.6 1,044.24 F2II
66Ups Cyg ◈ Cyg 4.41 642.0 581.30 B2Vne
33Pi Cep Cep 4.41 246.7 85.82 G2III
93Psi2Aqr ◈ Aqr 4.41 401.7 227.40 B5Vn
Gam Scl Scl 4.41 182.2 46.82 K1III
67Nu Ori Ori 4.42 516.1 371.88 B3IV
8Nu 3CMa CMa 4.42 421.4 247.97 K0II/III
HIP 34922 ◈ Pup 4.42 208.9 60.98 M5e
27 CMa ◈ CMa 4.42 1,734.9 4,203.39 B3III
HIP 40326 Pup 4.42 298.4 124.39 K1II/III
60 Leo Leo 4.42 126.8 22.45 A1m
58 Hya Hya 4.42 331.1 153.18 K3III
27Lam Ser Ser 4.42 39.5 2.18 G0Vvar
68 Oph Oph 4.42 292.5 119.56 A2Vn
3Bet Lac Lac 4.42 170.0 40.36 G9III
Alkarab 68Ups Peg Peg 4.42 170.4 40.55 F8IV
26Pi Eri ◈ Eri 4.43 481.1 320.33 M1III
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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.