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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 72198 Dra 8.23 1,822.1 138.80 A0
HIP 105785 Equ 8.17 1,772.6 138.80 K5
HIP 9701 ◈ Cet 7.37 1,226.2 138.80 M2/M3III
HIP 4672 And 7.13 1,098.2 138.80 B8
HIP 13602 Cep 7.33 1,203.5 138.68 A0
HIP 88951 Pav 9.01 2,609.2 138.68 K5/M0III:
HIP 106158 Gru 8.33 1,907.3 138.68 K0III
HIP 112092 Oct 9.01 2,609.2 138.68 K2III
HIP 116358 And 9.21 2,861.0 138.68 K2
HIP 115121 Scl 6.49 817.4 138.68 K5III
HIP 44205 UMa 7.42 1,254.4 138.68 K0
HIP 50332 ◈ Vel 6.20 715.3 138.68 M4/M5III
HIP 25301 Aur 6.49 817.4 138.68 K2
HIP 72062 Boo 9.41 3,136.1 138.68 M0
HIP 44274 UMa 9.23 2,886.3 138.68 F2
HIP 111355 Lac 6.54 836.3 138.68 K0
HIP 99997 Cyg 7.14 1,101.9 138.55 B8
HIP 43312 Vel 8.53 2,090.7 138.55 K5
HIP 80219 UMi 7.43 1,259.3 138.55 K5
HIP 84241 Ara 8.75 2,313.2 138.55 G5III
HIP 46259 Hya 6.95 1,009.8 138.55 G8III
HIP 26243 Lep 6.82 950.9 138.55 B5IV/V
HIP 32309 Pic 6.95 1,009.8 138.55 K4III
HIP 65421 Cen 8.91 2,489.7 138.55 K4III:
HIP 88260 Her 7.11 1,087.2 138.55 K5
HIP 63052 Vir 8.91 2,489.7 138.55 K0
HIP 82011 ◈ Oph 6.95 1,009.8 138.55 M6III
HIP 92990 Pav 7.43 1,259.3 138.55 K0III
HIP 95885 Vul 8.91 2,489.7 138.55 A2
HIP 63055 Hya 7.23 1,148.4 138.42 K2III
HIP 25854 Pic 9.03 2,630.3 138.42 K1/K2III
HIP 113329 Aqr 9.35 3,048.2 138.42 K0
HIP 53268 Crt 9.35 3,048.2 138.42 K0
HIP 109972 Cep 5.88 616.6 138.42 G8III
HIP 98232 Aql 8.72 2,280.8 138.42 K2
HIP 32252 Cam 6.61 862.8 138.42 K2
HIP 34900 Gem 7.96 1,606.7 138.42 A0
HIP 34857 Cam 7.66 1,399.8 138.42 K5
HIP 18040 Eri 7.66 1,399.8 138.42 K0III
HIP 89582 Dra 7.96 1,606.7 138.42 K5
HIP 81187 Dra 8.56 2,117.9 138.29 K2
HIP 36054 Lyn 8.07 1,689.9 138.29 K0
HIP 32783 Gem 7.95 1,598.8 138.29 K0
HIP 13965 Per 5.47 510.4 138.29 G4p
HIP 25903 Pic 7.44 1,264.2 138.29 B6V
HIP 39982 Cnc 8.15 1,753.5 138.29 K0
HIP 102641 Mic 7.57 1,342.2 138.29 K1II/III
HIP 56014 Cen 8.15 1,753.5 138.29 A2
HIP 89302 Sgr 8.06 1,681.2 138.17 B6III
HIP 3889 Cet 6.64 874.4 138.17 K0
HIP 90673 Her 7.58 1,347.8 138.17 G6III
HIP 63425 Com 8.80 2,363.4 138.17 K5
HIP 14502 Cas 5.89 618.9 138.17 B9V
HIP 14043 Per 5.24 458.7 138.17 B7V
HIP 60714 Vir 7.94 1,591.0 138.17 K2
Del Oct Oct 4.31 299.0 138.17 K2III
HIP 41268 Pup 6.81 945.4 138.17 B8IV
HIP 89122 Her 8.14 1,744.1 138.17 G0IV
HIP 22719 Dor 7.93 1,583.3 138.17 K4III
HIP 89279 Her 6.04 662.9 138.04 B9IIIn
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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.