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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
HIP 29849 Ori 7.29 1,190.4 140.73 B8II
HIP 85600 Ser 7.56 1,347.8 140.73 K1II/III
HIP 114758 Scl 7.92 1,591.0 140.73 G8/K0III
HIP 51661 Vel 6.68 898.5 140.60 G5
HIP 41242 Pup 5.67 564.3 140.60 A1III/IV
HIP 79601 UMi 6.02 662.9 140.60 A3V
HIP 60771 Cru 6.02 662.9 140.60 B8IV
HIP 34010 Mon 7.43 1,269.1 140.60 K0
HIP 78061 ◈ CrB 7.89 1,568.1 140.60 M...
HIP 95063 ◈ Sgr 7.69 1,430.5 140.60 M2III
HIP 93309 Lyr 6.53 838.4 140.60 M4IIIa
HIP 12082 And 7.90 1,575.6 140.60 K2
HIP 24726 Cam 8.60 2,174.4 140.60 K2
HIP 108112 Peg 9.03 2,651.7 140.60 F0
HIP 48287 Vel 5.72 577.3 140.60 K0IIICN...
HIP 80905 Her 8.72 2,296.9 140.48 K0
HIP 109709 Aqr 7.58 1,359.0 140.48 K5
HIP 29215 Aur 7.23 1,156.6 140.48 K5
HIP 38986 Mon 8.63 2,203.8 140.48 B9
HIP 3250 Cas 8.75 2,329.7 140.48 K7III
HIP 2116 And 8.02 1,664.1 140.48 G5
Iot1For For 5.74 582.4 140.48 G8/K0III
HIP 4789 Cas 6.67 893.6 140.48 B9
HIP 52388 Sex 9.14 2,787.7 140.48 F0
HIP 30591 Pup 5.76 587.7 140.48 B9V
HIP 35393 Pup 5.24 462.6 140.48 A0V
HIP 38400 Pup 7.87 1,553.1 140.48 K4III
HIP 34602 Car 8.75 2,329.7 140.48 B9IV
HIP 117810 Cas 8.23 1,832.3 140.35 B1.5V
HIP 78179 ◈ Aps 8.66 2,233.9 140.35 M2/M3III:
HIP 65020 Cen 8.53 2,104.2 140.35 B5III
HIP 116577 Peg 8.98 2,588.5 140.35 K0
HIP 47929 UMa 6.97 1,025.6 140.35 M1III
HIP 97474 Vul 8.69 2,265.0 140.35 K0
HIP 27341 ◈ Ori 6.04 668.4 140.35 A4V
HIP 36316 Pup 9.05 2,673.4 140.35 K2III
HIP 25477 Ori 7.20 1,140.4 140.35 B5p
HIP 41393 Pup 7.78 1,489.3 140.35 G5
HIP 89731 Sgr 6.51 829.9 140.35 K0III
HIP 52221 ◈ Car 5.51 523.5 140.35 B9p Si
HIP 69865 Boo 8.10 1,725.7 140.35 K2
HIP 88618 Sgr 9.05 2,673.4 140.35 G8III
HIP 83256 TrA 7.78 1,489.3 140.35 K2III
HIP 15849 Per 9.16 2,811.7 140.35 A
HIP 101861 Vul 8.98 2,588.5 140.35 K0
HIP 53262 LMi 7.04 1,058.9 140.22 MIII
HIP 47473 Ant 8.56 2,131.7 140.22 K5
HIP 20399 Cam 7.52 1,320.5 140.22 G5
HIP 28297 Col 8.88 2,470.9 140.22 K3
HIP 24474 Col 6.75 926.6 140.22 K1II
HIP 95143 Dra 6.59 860.6 140.22 K2
HIP 22928 ◈ Aur 7.40 1,249.6 140.22 M0Ib
HIP 98065 Pav 8.88 2,470.9 140.22 K0III
HIP 109907 Peg 8.28 1,874.5 140.22 K2III
HIP 90395 Lyr 8.00 1,647.3 140.22 K2
HIP 22834 Ori 5.33 481.8 140.22 K1III
HIP 104121 Cap 8.00 1,647.3 140.22 G8III
HIP 103998 Ind 6.59 860.6 140.22 K3III
HIP 38727 Pup 7.99 1,639.0 140.09 B3V
HIP 104972 Cyg 8.45 2,025.8 140.09 K5
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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.