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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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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
101 Aqr Aqr 4.70 293.6 92.98 A0V
91Lam Cet Cet 4.71 576.2 355.14 B6III
Kap Ret Ret 4.71 70.7 5.35 F5IV-V
4Omi1Ori ◈ Ori 4.71 651.0 453.31 M3Sv
Zet Dor Dor 4.71 38.0 1.54 F7V
31 Ori ◈ Ori 4.71 508.0 275.93 K5III
25Chi Aur Aur 4.71 — 113,762,729 B5Iab
The Pyx Pyx 4.71 502.6 270.15 M0III
Lam Pyx Pyx 4.71 192.1 39.45 G8III
27Zet Crt Crt 4.71 353.0 133.29 G8III
HIP 63945 Cen 4.71 390.1 162.78 B5V
HIP 68191 Cen 4.71 209.6 46.99 K4III
Libertas 59Xi Aql Aql 4.71 183.5 36.04 K0III
Eps Mic Mic 4.71 182.2 35.51 A0V
89 Aqr Aqr 4.71 504.1 271.64 A3IV:
36Psi Cas Cas 4.72 195.1 40.33 K0III
22 Ori Ori 4.72 929.2 914.53 B2IV-V
31Ups Aur Aur 4.72 522.7 289.47 M1III
Del Pic ◈ Pic 4.72 1,299.4 1,789.78 B0.5IV
19 Pup Pup 4.72 176.7 33.08 K0III
HIP 46371 Hya 4.72 156.6 25.99 K1III
30 LMi LMi 4.72 233.3 57.65 F0V
HIP 51438 Car 4.72 260.5 71.91 A2III
HIP 51658 UMa 4.72 112.9 13.51 A7IV
The2Cru ◈ Cru 4.72 853.8 772.68 B2IV
11 Com Com 4.72 289.9 89.04 G8III
20 CVn ◈ CVn 4.72 264.3 73.99 F3III
6Ups Her Her 4.72 371.5 146.29 B9III
41 Oph Oph 4.72 205.8 44.87 K2III
43Kap Cap Cap 4.72 294.1 91.62 G8III
65 And And 4.73 369.4 143.22 K4III
38 Gem Gem 4.73 83.6 7.34 F0Vp
HIP 40096 Pup 4.73 — 111,686,325 A7Ib
61 Leo Leo 4.73 584.5 358.76 K5III
Del Nor Nor 4.73 122.3 15.72 Am
16Tau CrB CrB 4.73 116.7 14.30 K0III-IV
6Mu Aqr Aqr 4.73 157.3 25.97 A3m
14Lam Cas Cas 4.74 377.5 148.18 B8Vn
90Ups Psc Psc 4.74 308.0 98.72 A3V
76Sig Cet Cet 4.74 87.1 7.88 F5V
HIP 12413 Eri 4.74 116.4 14.10 A2V
HIP 15520 ◈ Cam 4.74 762.0 604.23 B2.5Vne
17 Eri Eri 4.74 404.2 169.98 B9Vs
HIP 39903 Car 4.74 65.2 4.42 F5V
HIP 42624 Vel 4.74 2,548.1 6,754.61 A5II
8Rho UMa UMa 4.74 314.5 102.90 M3III
61 Vir Vir 4.74 27.9 0.81 G5V
HIP 69191 Cen 4.74 182.4 34.61 G8III
38Rho Ser Ser 4.74 374.9 146.15 K5III
4 Sgr Sgr 4.74 415.5 179.64 B9V
Zet CrA CrA 4.74 193.1 38.80 A0Vn
8 Cyg Cyg 4.74 860.6 770.55 B3IV
59 Cyg ◈ Cyg 4.74 1,418.1 2,091.22 B1ne
31Omi Aqr ◈ Aqr 4.74 435.5 197.33 B7IVe
HIP 116602 Phe 4.74 200.2 41.69 A2V
HIP 35020 Pup 4.75 376.6 146.15 B8/B9V
Mu Mus ◈ Mus 4.75 429.7 190.37 K4III
4 Cen Cen 4.75 637.0 418.41 B4IV
21Iot Boo ◈ Boo 4.75 94.8 9.26 A9V
43Kap Lib Lib 4.75 308.6 98.17 K5III
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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.