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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 25220 Tau 7.93 45.9 0.12 K2
HYG 118025 Psc 13.30 45.9 0.00 m
HYG 118534 Pup 11.00 45.9 0.01 —
HYG 118979 Dra 11.74 45.9 0.00 m
HYG 119192 Her 12.21 45.9 0.00 m
HYG 119516 PsA 10.92 45.9 0.01 m
HYG 119517 PsA 12.64 45.9 0.00 m
HYG 119538 Cep 12.76 45.9 0.00 M3
HIP 87938 Her 11.79 45.9 0.00 M:
HYG 119164 Dra 8.06 46.0 0.10 K3 V
HIP 93206 Tel 11.13 46.0 0.01 M4
HIP 86087 Dra 9.98 46.0 0.02 M1
Errai 35Gam Cep Cep 3.21 46.0 9.00 K1IV
HYG 119169 UMi 14.18 46.0 0.00 m
HYG 118703 LMi 12.20 46.0 0.00 —
HYG 118197 For 6.70 46.0 0.36 G7 V
HYG 119236 Lyr 18.23 46.1 0.00 m
HIP 112774 Aqr 9.86 46.1 0.02 K5
HYG 118889 Vir 13.69 46.2 0.00 M4
HYG 118783 Vir 17.89 46.2 0.00 M6 :
HIP 4148 Scl 7.15 46.2 0.24 K2V
HIP 36985 Mon 9.87 46.2 0.02 —
HIP 61901 Com 7.91 46.2 0.12 K2
26 Dra Dra 5.23 46.3 1.42 G0V
HYG 118494 Mon 8.94 46.3 0.05 K5
HIP 67691 UMa 8.82 46.3 0.05 K5
HIP 37349 ◈ Mon 7.18 46.3 0.24 K2V
1Tau1Eri Eri 4.47 46.4 2.87 F5/F6V
Dalim Alp For For 3.80 46.4 5.33 F8V
HYG 118747 Crt 19.57 46.5 0.00 M8
HYG 119028 Ser 12.41 46.5 0.00 M4.5:
HYG 119029 Ser 14.99 46.5 0.00 M6
HIP 54966 Crt 9.97 46.5 0.02 K7V
HIP 81935 Sco 7.52 46.5 0.17 K2V
3Eta Cep Cep 3.41 46.5 7.66 K0IV
HYG 118205 Cet 10.90 46.5 0.01 —
HYG 118290 Tau 15.04 46.5 0.00 —
HIP 92200 Aql 8.81 46.6 0.05 K5
HIP 70475 Boo 12.23 46.6 0.00 M:
HYG 118114 Per 12.47 46.6 0.00 M5 :
HYG 118235 Tau 13.86 46.6 0.00 dM5 :
HYG 118512 CMi 13.77 46.6 0.00 m
HYG 118820 CVn 12.90 46.6 0.00 m
HYG 119069 TrA 13.75 46.6 0.00 k-m
HIP 67487 Vir 8.16 46.6 0.10 K4/K5V
HIP 10617 For 12.02 46.7 0.00 —
42Alp Com Com 5.17 46.7 1.53 F5 V
72 Her Her 5.38 46.7 1.26 G0V
HIP 70218 Boo 8.56 46.8 0.07 K5V
3Pi 1UMa ◈ UMa 5.63 46.8 1.00 G1.5Vb
HYG 119064 CrB 14.23 46.9 0.00 m
HIP 61706 Vir 11.49 46.9 0.00 M4
HIP 101997 Cap 6.36 46.9 0.51 G8/K0V
HIP 103800 Aqr 11.23 46.9 0.01 M3
HIP 15220 Cam 10.53 46.9 0.01 M2
111 Tau ◈ Tau 5.00 46.9 1.80 F8V SB
Sharjah Sco 11.34 47.0 0.01 —
HYG 119351 Vul 11.52 47.0 0.00 DA3
HIP 96285 Aql 9.35 47.1 0.03 K5
HYG 118641 UMa 12.50 47.1 0.00 M3.5
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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.