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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
HIP 69688 Cir 7.49 1,208.0 120.56 B9IV
HIP 112882 ◈ Cep 7.32 1,117.0 120.56 M4IIIvar
HIP 15203 Eri 6.17 657.6 120.56 B9V
50 Lib Lib 5.53 489.7 120.56 A0Vs
HIP 16655 Per 9.44 2,965.1 120.56 F0
HIP 97461 Vul 7.42 1,169.0 120.45 B9
HIP 24544 Cam 9.27 2,740.8 120.45 K0
HIP 60449 Cen 5.32 444.4 120.45 B8/B9V
HIP 15414 Cam 8.60 2,013.3 120.45 B9
HIP 44505 Pyx 8.98 2,398.2 120.45 G6/G8IV
HIP 38635 Pup 6.14 648.4 120.45 K4III
HIP 38321 Gem 8.21 1,681.2 120.34 G0
HIP 39687 ◈ Vel 8.67 2,077.4 120.34 B8V
HIP 34861 Gem 7.05 985.4 120.34 A0
HIP 21398 Ret 8.95 2,363.4 120.34 K2
HIP 112642 Tuc 8.67 2,077.4 120.34 K2III
Gam2For For 5.39 458.7 120.34 A1V
HIP 27039 Aur 8.29 1,744.1 120.34 B5
HIP 5810 Phe 9.03 2,452.3 120.34 G8IV
HIP 23359 Aur 7.86 1,430.5 120.23 K3Ib
HIP 3332 Phe 8.77 2,174.4 120.23 K0III/IV
4 Her ◈ Her 5.73 536.4 120.23 B9p
HIP 18300 Cep 7.66 1,304.6 120.23 B9
HIP 111176 Peg 8.46 1,885.3 120.23 K2
HIP 4502 Scl 8.41 1,842.7 120.23 K2III
HIP 51761 Ant 7.60 1,269.1 120.23 K0III
HIP 49897 Ant 9.20 2,651.7 120.23 K5
HIP 54350 Crt 7.86 1,430.5 120.23 K0
HIP 106036 Vul 6.56 785.9 120.23 K2III
HIP 118244 Tuc 8.19 1,664.1 120.12 K3III
HIP 109932 Gru 7.51 1,217.0 120.12 K4/K5III
HIP 115345 Peg 7.18 1,045.4 120.12 M...
HIP 101755 Cyg 7.28 1,094.5 120.12 A0
HIP 54730 Leo 8.19 1,664.1 120.12 K2
HIP 33317 Mon 7.51 1,217.0 120.12 F8Ib:
HIP 26154 Ori 8.59 2,001.0 120.12 O8
HIP 36346 Vol 6.38 723.2 120.12 K5III
HIP 45951 Vel 8.92 2,329.7 120.12 K3V:
HIP 56103 Crt 7.75 1,359.0 120.12 K0/K1III
30 Her ◈ Her 4.83 354.1 120.12 M6III:var
HIP 106282 Peg 8.92 2,329.7 120.12 K0
HIP 87529 Sco 6.55 782.1 120.12 B9III
HIP 65820 Cen 8.63 2,038.5 120.12 B9V
HIP 111080 Lac 8.89 2,296.9 120.12 B9
HIP 87538 ◈ Oph 7.47 1,194.7 120.12 M6
HIP 76855 CrB 8.40 1,832.3 120.01 K5
HIP 46080 Dra 8.02 1,538.5 120.01 K2
HIP 7424 Phe 7.99 1,517.0 120.01 M1III
HIP 3688 Cas 8.86 2,265.0 120.01 G8III
HIP 2811 Cet 8.01 1,531.2 120.01 G5
HIP 69277 Aps 7.99 1,517.0 120.01 K3III
HIP 62448 Hya 6.43 739.6 120.01 B8V
HIP 108133 ◈ Cep 6.43 739.6 120.01 M3
HIP 89357 Sgr 7.91 1,462.6 120.01 B8/B9III
HIP 106823 Cyg 8.86 2,265.0 120.01 A0
HIP 37293 Pup 6.50 763.8 120.01 B6V
Muscida 1Omi UMa UMa 3.35 179.1 120.01 G4II-III
HIP 40305 Lyn 5.88 574.2 120.01 G9III
HIP 34188 Mon 8.70 2,104.2 120.01 B9
HIP 53187 Leo 7.37 1,140.4 120.01 M...
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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.