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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
HYG 118066 Cet 13.97 47.1 0.00 m
HYG 118067 Cet 15.00 47.1 0.00 m
HYG 119178 Her 12.67 47.1 0.00 m
HYG 119221 Pav 9.85 47.1 0.02 M1
HIP 74190 Vir 11.46 47.1 0.00 M:
HYG 118893 Com 14.73 47.2 0.00 —
HYG 119213 Oph 12.58 47.2 0.00 M3
HIP 35353 Aur 10.30 47.3 0.01 M1
HIP 67308 Cen 8.13 47.3 0.10 K5/M1V+K5
HYG 118698 Hya 16.46 47.3 0.00 DQP9
HYG 118814 Cen 13.62 47.3 0.00 k
HYG 118918 Cen 9.12 47.3 0.04 —
HYG 118985 Lib 16.48 47.3 0.00 DC9
HYG 119009 Boo 13.35 47.3 0.00 m
HYG 119097 Dra 12.90 47.3 0.00 dM4 e
HYG 119098 Dra 15.00 47.3 0.00 DQ8
HYG 119138 Her 10.36 47.3 0.01 M2
HIP 14445 Cet 9.07 47.3 0.04 M0V
Talitha 9Iot UMa UMa 3.12 47.3 10.36 A7IV
HIP 78775 CrB 6.66 47.4 0.40 G8V
23The Boo Boo 4.04 47.4 4.45 F7V
HIP 112909 ◈ Peg 11.66 47.4 0.00 M3.5Ve
HYG 118573 Hya 12.52 47.5 0.00 M6 J
HYG 118574 Hya 12.80 47.5 0.00 —
HIP 44722 Hya 9.50 47.5 0.03 M0
HIP 75807 Lib 12.47 47.5 0.00 —
HYG 118966 Boo 11.50 47.5 0.00 M3
HYG 119421 Aqr 13.35 47.5 0.00 dM
HYG 119422 Aqr 14.50 47.5 0.00 m
HIP 37288 CMi 9.66 47.6 0.03 M0
HIP 28035 Lep 10.70 47.6 0.01 —
HIP 42525 Lyn 9.95 47.6 0.02 F8
HIP 35296 Pup 6.70 47.6 0.39 K2V
HYG 119329 Sgr 12.50 47.6 0.00 M3.5
HIP 13375 Per 9.60 47.6 0.03 K6:
HIP 28936 Ori 9.73 47.6 0.02 F0
HIP 106696 Ind 7.14 47.7 0.26 K2V
HIP 108159 Gru 11.99 47.7 0.00 M3
HYG 118580 UMa 10.80 47.7 0.01 dM1 J
HYG 118581 UMa 11.00 47.7 0.01 —
HIP 86961 Sco 10.49 47.8 0.01 M2V:
HIP 54952 Dra 7.68 47.8 0.16 K5
HIP 33817 CMa 6.71 47.8 0.39 K1V
23Psi Ser Ser 5.86 47.8 0.85 G5V
HYG 118264 Eri 18.02 47.8 0.00 m
HYG 118487 CMi 11.93 47.8 0.00 m
HIP 79190 Nor 7.11 47.8 0.27 K3V
HYG 119039 Ser 12.00 47.9 0.00 —
16Psi Cap Cap 4.13 47.9 4.18 F5V
HYG 118735 Dra 11.40 47.9 0.01 M2
HYG 118322 Eri 10.59 48.0 0.01 M1
HYG 118734 Leo 10.77 48.0 0.01 M1
HYG 118880 Vir 12.97 48.0 0.00 m
HYG 118925 Vir 11.19 48.0 0.01 M2:
HYG 119011 Lib 14.26 48.0 0.00 M4
HYG 119448 Peg 13.93 48.0 0.00 m
HIP 30630 ◈ Gem 6.78 48.0 0.37 K0
HIP 78170 Nor 8.06 48.0 0.11 K5V
HIP 17609 Tau 9.61 48.1 0.03 K5
HIP 38082 Gem 11.46 48.2 0.00 M2
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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.