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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 98528 Cyg 7.99 1,531.2 122.24 B5
HIP 19853 ◈ Tau 7.90 1,469.2 122.24 M2
HIP 43573 Pyx 6.49 767.4 122.24 K2/K3III
HIP 35114 Pup 7.66 1,315.1 122.24 K2III
HIP 31736 CMa 6.48 763.8 122.24 A2V
HIP 42827 Hya 8.48 1,918.6 122.24 K0
HIP 22201 Ori 8.68 2,104.2 122.24 F2
HIP 46167 Hya 7.66 1,315.1 122.24 A0
HIP 30703 Pic 5.82 563.3 122.12 K3III
HIP 47621 Sex 8.64 2,064.3 122.12 K0
HIP 30494 Ori 7.75 1,370.4 122.12 K0V
HIP 18581 ◈ Tau 7.24 1,083.6 122.12 M...
HIP 92032 Her 6.58 799.4 122.12 K0
HIP 95705 Vul 8.64 2,064.3 122.12 B8V
HIP 33828 CMa 9.33 2,836.1 122.12 B7/B8V
HIP 87360 Sco 7.60 1,279.0 122.12 A0III/IV
HIP 9721 Hyi 8.15 1,647.3 122.12 K2III
HIP 63538 Vir 6.92 934.5 122.01 K2III
HIP 88456 Pav 8.37 1,822.1 122.01 G8III
HIP 1809 And 6.69 840.6 122.01 M4III:
HIP 101786 Cyg 8.60 2,025.8 122.01 K2
23 CVn CVn 5.60 508.8 122.01 K1III
HIP 81622 Her 8.31 1,772.6 122.01 K5
HIP 103292 Cep 7.61 1,284.1 122.01 K5
HIP 16720 Eri 7.76 1,376.2 122.01 K2III
HIP 24450 Ori 5.50 486.1 122.01 K4III
HIP 105282 Cyg 5.75 545.4 122.01 B6V
Tau Oct Oct 5.50 486.1 122.01 K2III
HIP 25729 Lep 7.61 1,284.1 122.01 K0III
HIP 39373 Pup 6.97 956.5 122.01 K1III:
HIP 37325 Pup 8.52 1,953.0 122.01 B9IV/V
HIP 36250 ◈ Pup 8.47 1,907.3 121.90 B2V:ne
HIP 99594 Vul 8.92 2,346.4 121.90 A0
HIP 79237 Nor 8.74 2,160.0 121.90 B9V
HIP 24549 ◈ Aur 8.47 1,907.3 121.90 M4IIvar
HIP 65035 Dra 8.92 2,346.4 121.90 M...
HIP 104275 Vul 8.92 2,346.4 121.90 A2...
HIP 13472 Cas 9.53 3,106.2 121.79 B9
HIP 90169 Sgr 9.39 2,912.1 121.79 B9III/IV
HIP 85818 Sco 9.05 2,489.7 121.79 B8/9V: B7/9
HIP 7205 ◈ And 9.10 2,548.1 121.79 K2III
HIP 66490 Mus 8.77 2,189.0 121.79 B9V
HIP 84638 Sco 7.09 1,009.8 121.79 K3III
HIP 61626 Cru 7.57 1,259.3 121.79 B8V
HIP 115514 And 8.12 1,622.7 121.79 A0
HIP 10024 Per 9.00 2,434.0 121.79 O6.5V
HIP 31268 Gem 8.36 1,812.0 121.79 K0
HIP 28017 ◈ Col 7.79 1,393.8 121.79 M3III
HIP 93413 Lyr 7.25 1,087.2 121.79 B5
HIP 96565 Sge 8.67 2,090.7 121.79 A
HIP 38734 Cnc 7.03 982.4 121.79 B9
HIP 36541 Mon 6.96 950.9 121.79 G5
HIP 25079 Men 7.20 1,062.4 121.79 A4m...
HIP 38222 Pup 6.76 867.4 121.79 K4III
HIP 33124 Mon 8.30 1,763.0 121.79 K7
HIP 54650 Leo 8.22 1,698.7 121.67 A0
HIP 21924 Cam 9.47 3,020.0 121.67 A0
HIP 90538 CrA 8.63 2,051.3 121.67 K2III
HIP 79553 TrA 8.86 2,280.8 121.67 K0III
HIP 73198 Cir 9.45 2,992.3 121.67 B9IV/V
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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.