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Stars

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
Eta2Pic Pic 5.05 443.7 154.03 M2IIIvar
HIP 72544 Cir 7.77 1,553.1 154.03 Ap...
43Phi Dra ◈ Dra 4.22 302.8 154.03 A0p (Si)
HIP 115658 Cas 8.53 2,203.8 154.03 B9V
HIP 33509 Mon 7.68 1,489.3 153.89 B5
HIP 109717 Aqr 7.07 1,124.7 153.89 K2
HIP 101960 Dra 8.73 2,416.0 153.89 M...
HIP 101258 Cyg 7.17 1,177.5 153.89 K0
HIP 100877 Cyg 7.66 1,475.8 153.89 B9
HIP 40773 Pup 7.66 1,475.8 153.89 K4III
HIP 38153 CMi 7.68 1,489.3 153.89 G5
61 Her Her 6.19 749.8 153.89 M4III
Sig Pup ◈ Pup 3.25 193.7 153.89 K5III SB
HIP 65242 ◈ Cen 7.70 1,503.0 153.89 C+
HIP 25646 Ori 6.75 970.7 153.89 G5
HIP 7506 Hyi 6.18 746.4 153.89 M3III
HIP 37957 Pup 8.00 1,725.7 153.89 B5V
HIP 99520 Vul 7.29 1,244.9 153.89 B8III
HIP 70883 Cen 8.88 2,588.5 153.89 K4III
HIP 69416 Dra 7.68 1,489.3 153.89 K5
HIP 55968 Hya 8.59 2,265.0 153.89 A3V
HIP 106471 Peg 8.00 1,725.7 153.89 K2
HIP 58284 Leo 8.83 2,528.3 153.74 G9III
HIP 98527 Pav 8.83 2,528.3 153.74 A0V
HIP 444 Tuc 8.78 2,470.9 153.74 K2III
Gam Cam Cam 4.59 358.8 153.74 A2IVn
HIP 115789 Aqr 7.25 1,221.6 153.74 M1III
HIP 97210 Sgr 6.81 997.4 153.74 A1V
HIP 113188 Lac 8.78 2,470.9 153.74 A2
HIP 49752 Sex 9.08 2,836.1 153.74 K0
HIP 24378 Ori 7.35 1,279.0 153.74 B8
HIP 48758 Vel 7.90 1,647.3 153.74 A4IV
HIP 101240 Cyg 8.35 2,025.8 153.60 A3
HIP 95406 Aql 7.02 1,098.2 153.60 K2
HIP 114366 Scl 5.88 649.7 153.60 K2III
HIP 89875 Oph 8.27 1,953.0 153.60 A0
HIP 4174 Cas 7.11 1,144.4 153.60 B8
HIP 42497 Cnc 6.59 901.0 153.60 K0III
HIP 114297 Cep 7.99 1,716.6 153.60 K2
4Gam CMi CMi 4.33 318.2 153.60 K3III SB
HIP 6904 Cas 8.12 1,822.1 153.60 A0
HIP 49287 Sex 8.12 1,822.1 153.60 K0
HIP 58602 Vir 8.35 2,025.8 153.60 K2
HIP 68182 Cen 8.12 1,822.1 153.60 K1III
HIP 46344 ◈ UMa 7.99 1,716.6 153.60 M1
HIP 40066 ◈ Pup 7.53 1,387.9 153.46 Ap Si
HIP 32143 Gem 6.74 965.0 153.46 G5
HIP 95147 Vul 7.43 1,325.8 153.46 B2V
37 Aql Aql 5.12 457.4 153.46 G8III
HIP 9696 And 9.12 2,886.3 153.46 K5
HIP 103894 Cyg 6.10 718.4 153.46 G8III
HIP 85628 Sco 7.53 1,387.9 153.46 Ap...
HIP 48712 Sex 6.74 965.0 153.46 K4III
HIP 26420 Col 6.90 1,038.7 153.46 K2III
HIP 102561 Aqr 6.28 780.3 153.32 K2
HIP 67556 ◈ Cen 8.52 2,189.0 153.32 A6III
61 Peg Peg 6.51 867.4 153.32 G5III
HIP 93092 ◈ Tel 8.05 1,763.0 153.32 M2/M3III
HIP 30820 Gem 8.52 2,189.0 153.32 K5...
HIP 37057 Pup 8.85 2,548.1 153.32 B9IV
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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.