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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 76606 Lup 6.97 1,022.4 139.44 B5V
HIP 85791 Ara 7.92 1,583.3 139.44 G6III
HIP 44464 ◈ UMa 6.87 976.5 139.44 K0
HIP 114975 ◈ Peg 7.93 1,591.0 139.44 K5
HIP 86207 Her 9.13 2,764.0 139.44 K0
HIP 72073 Dra 7.57 1,347.8 139.44 K0
HIP 95719 Cyg 7.44 1,269.1 139.32 G5
Capella 13Alp Aur Aur 0.08 42.8 139.32 M1: comp
HIP 54518 ◈ UMa 6.82 953.7 139.32 M0
HIP 87040 Sco 7.91 1,575.6 139.32 B8II
HIP 66069 Cha 7.71 1,436.8 139.32 K2II
HIP 18935 Per 7.90 1,568.1 139.32 A2
HIP 66248 Com 8.30 1,885.3 139.32 F0
HIP 110641 PsA 7.04 1,055.5 139.32 K4III
HIP 27353 Tau 6.48 815.4 139.32 K1III
HIP 109681 Lac 8.19 1,792.1 139.32 K5
HIP 42550 UMa 7.70 1,430.5 139.32 G5IIIws
HIP 96421 Aql 8.25 1,842.7 139.32 K5
HIP 97516 Vul 7.91 1,575.6 139.32 F8Ib-II
HIP 113553 Cep 8.03 1,664.1 139.19 A0
HIP 55383 UMa 8.12 1,734.9 139.19 A2
HIP 26946 Aur 8.12 1,734.9 139.19 K0
HIP 32383 Gem 8.43 2,001.0 139.19 B9
HIP 17303 Eri 7.88 1,553.1 139.19 K1IV
HIP 62701 Vir 8.64 2,203.8 139.19 K2
HIP 82249 ◈ Dra 7.45 1,274.0 139.19 M7
19Tau5Eri Eri 4.26 293.3 139.19 B9V
HIP 54799 ◈ Crt 8.03 1,664.1 139.19 M2III
HIP 10354 Cas 7.59 1,359.0 139.19 G5II
HIP 104212 Cep 7.12 1,094.5 139.19 K2
HIP 54684 Car 6.68 893.6 139.19 B8V
HIP 69730 Cen 7.82 1,510.0 139.06 K4III
HIP 100252 Cyg 8.24 1,832.3 139.06 A0
HIP 855 Cas 7.75 1,462.6 139.06 K0
HIP 6845 Cet 8.70 2,265.0 139.06 K0IIICN...
HIP 14885 Hor 8.70 2,265.0 139.06 G6
HIP 37209 Car 6.79 939.9 139.06 K4III
HIP 24279 Aur 7.78 1,482.5 139.06 B8
HIP 84360 Oph 9.06 2,673.4 139.06 F8
HIP 58741 Vir 6.24 729.7 139.06 K5
HIP 14850 Cas 8.99 2,588.5 139.06 B5
HIP 51039 UMa 8.34 1,918.6 139.06 K5
HIP 85356 Oph 6.86 970.7 139.06 K0
HIP 37000 Mon 6.27 739.6 139.06 K2
HIP 90507 CrA 7.80 1,496.1 139.06 B8III
HIP 78325 Dra 7.52 1,315.1 139.06 K2
HIP 105122 Cep 7.81 1,503.0 139.06 G5
HIP 96430 Cyg 7.32 1,199.1 138.93 B8
HIP 61393 Cen 8.50 2,064.3 138.93 K5III
HIP 92906 Lyr 8.50 2,064.3 138.93 K5
HIP 66288 Vir 8.50 2,064.3 138.93 K5
HIP 46283 Vel 5.09 429.2 138.80 B6V
HIP 72198 Dra 8.23 1,822.1 138.80 A0
HIP 99575 Aql 8.42 1,988.8 138.80 K2
HIP 105785 Equ 8.17 1,772.6 138.80 K5
HIP 51286 Vel 8.10 1,716.6 138.80 B8V
HIP 71411 Boo 8.00 1,639.0 138.80 K0
HIP 9701 ◈ Cet 7.37 1,226.2 138.80 M2/M3III
HIP 4672 And 7.13 1,098.2 138.80 B8
HIP 116654 Scl 8.23 1,822.1 138.80 K1III
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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.