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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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M
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 10131 Phe 8.60 2,051.3 125.08 K1III
HIP 49794 Vel 7.34 1,148.4 125.08 K3III
HIP 71829 Vir 8.18 1,689.9 124.97 K3III
HIP 61643 Vir 8.32 1,802.0 124.97 K2
HIP 496 Peg 6.90 937.2 124.97 K5
HIP 41866 Vel 8.26 1,753.5 124.97 B9V
HIP 62088 Cen 8.94 2,398.2 124.97 K2/K3III:
HIP 69737 Boo 8.94 2,398.2 124.97 K0
HIP 95855 Sgr 8.18 1,689.9 124.97 K0III
HIP 71474 Boo 8.94 2,398.2 124.97 K0
HIP 113053 Cep 8.56 2,013.3 124.97 A0
HIP 57709 Leo 9.23 2,740.8 124.97 K0
HIP 87074 Ser 5.93 599.6 124.97 B9V
HIP 9372 ◈ Cet 5.43 476.1 124.97 M3III
HIP 93270 ◈ Vul 6.28 704.4 124.97 M4III
HIP 40111 Vol 8.43 1,896.3 124.97 G6III
HIP 37053 CMi 8.06 1,598.8 124.97 F0
HIP 64068 Vir 8.04 1,583.3 124.85 K0III+...
HIP 33441 ◈ Mon 8.05 1,591.0 124.85 M1IIIe-M6ep
HIP 114820 Tuc 7.35 1,152.5 124.85 K2III
HIP 91276 Sgr 7.01 985.4 124.85 G8Ib
HIP 108176 Cap 7.07 1,012.9 124.85 K2III
HIP 117538 Scl 8.91 2,363.4 124.85 K0III
HIP 54517 UMa 7.03 994.4 124.85 G8III
HIP 93395 Vul 7.05 1,003.6 124.85 B1V
HIP 29424 Ori 7.80 1,418.1 124.85 B8
HIP 73318 Lup 8.47 1,929.9 124.85 A5V
HIP 93109 Sgr 8.70 2,145.8 124.85 G8III/IV
HIP 118171 Cet 8.02 1,568.1 124.74 K0III
HIP 101759 Cyg 8.31 1,792.1 124.74 K2
HIP 96855 Cyg 7.70 1,353.3 124.74 G5
HIP 90558 CrA 8.03 1,575.6 124.74 K3III
HIP 39656 Pup 8.16 1,672.6 124.74 A0V
HIP 39324 Car 8.85 2,296.9 124.62 G8III
HIP 41021 Hya 8.51 1,964.8 124.62 A0
HIP 105895 Peg 8.01 1,560.6 124.62 K2
HIP 45220 Pyx 7.14 1,045.4 124.62 K1III
HIP 37045 Gem 7.85 1,449.6 124.62 M...
HIP 76709 ◈ Dra 7.57 1,274.0 124.62 K2
HIP 4215 Cas 8.51 1,964.8 124.62 B9
36Tau9Eri ◈ Eri 4.62 327.5 124.62 Ap Si
HIP 62355 ◈ CVn 7.85 1,449.6 124.62 M2III
HIP 105843 Cep 8.88 2,329.7 124.62 A2
HIP 6449 Tuc 8.76 2,203.8 124.62 K1III
HIP 15450 Per 8.76 2,203.8 124.62 A0...
HIP 59598 Cen 8.59 2,038.5 124.62 K2IV
HIP 104183 ◈ Pav 7.57 1,274.0 124.62 M1/M2III
HIP 85744 Her 6.77 881.5 124.62 K5
HIP 91943 Dra 8.55 2,001.0 124.62 K2
HIP 64917 Vir 7.86 1,456.1 124.62 K0
HIP 2612 Cet 7.36 1,156.6 124.62 K0
HIP 13143 Eri 6.91 939.9 124.51 K5
HIP 68435 Cen 8.23 1,725.7 124.51 K1II/III
HIP 19491 Hor 7.91 1,489.3 124.51 A9III
HIP 7614 And 8.46 1,918.6 124.51 K5V
30Bet Sex ◈ Sex 5.08 404.7 124.51 B6V
HIP 94578 Sge 8.82 2,265.0 124.51 B8
HIP 104050 Cyg 8.36 1,832.3 124.51 K0
HIP 44592 Cnc 7.64 1,315.1 124.51 K4III
HIP 87131 Aps 7.93 1,503.0 124.51 K2III
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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.