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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 41039 Vel 4.79 1,716.6 2,926.85 B1V
HIP 45856 Car 4.79 233.6 54.25 G6III
Eta Mus ◈ Mus 4.79 382.8 145.61 B8V
11Kap CrB CrB 4.79 99.5 9.83 K0III-IV
22 Sco Sco 4.79 413.4 169.82 B3V
HIP 87220 Sco 4.79 556.6 307.89 B8Ib/II
66 Oph ◈ Oph 4.79 651.0 421.11 B2Ve
HIP 99824 ◈ Vul 4.79 991.4 976.34 B3V
24 Cep Cep 4.79 394.4 154.45 G8III
Mu 1Gru Gru 4.79 274.8 75.02 G8III+...
19Xi Cas Cas 4.80 1,430.5 2,013.72 B2.5V
HIP 4151 Cas 4.80 61.1 3.68 F8V
Zibal 13Zet Eri Eri 4.80 109.7 11.86 A5m
53 Per ◈ Per 4.80 507.2 253.28 B4IV
64Del2Tau Tau 4.80 161.4 25.63 A7V
65Psi Eri Eri 4.80 739.6 538.52 B3V
50Psi2Aur Aur 4.80 416.0 170.29 K3III
13Sig2UMa UMa 4.80 66.5 4.35 F7IV-V
18 UMa ◈ UMa 4.80 116.9 13.45 A5V
27 Hya Hya 4.80 222.5 48.71 F5V+...
HIP 52502 Car 4.80 491.9 238.12 B5Vn
23 Com Com 4.80 310.0 94.62 A0IV
41 Com Com 4.80 331.5 108.14 K5III
4 UMi UMi 4.80 456.8 205.49 K3III
HIP 69879 Boo 4.80 233.5 53.65 K1III
34 Boo ◈ Boo 4.80 704.4 488.43 M3III
41Ome Boo Boo 4.80 371.5 135.89 K4III
HIP 79881 Sco 4.80 134.7 17.85 A0V:
68 Her ◈ Her 4.80 665.6 436.11 B1.5Vp
30 Cyg Cyg 4.80 610.8 367.11 A5IIIn
57 Cyg Cyg 4.80 525.2 271.64 B5V
The1Mic ◈ Mic 4.80 197.2 38.26 A2p
52Pi Aqr ◈ Aqr 4.80 782.1 602.00 B1Ve
43Omi Peg Peg 4.80 298.7 87.82 A1IV
Alula Australis B 53Xi UMa UMa 4.80 34.0 1.14 G0 Ve
15 Ori Ori 4.81 538.2 282.62 F2IV
The Dor Dor 4.81 491.2 235.29 K2III
Omi Col Col 4.81 105.8 10.92 K0/K1III/IV
139 Tau Tau 4.81 1,553.1 2,352.88 B1Ib
HIP 39138 Car 4.81 499.5 243.22 B3V
HIP 47029 Lyn 4.81 215.4 45.25 K0III
14Eps Crt Crt 4.81 376.2 138.04 K5III
Elgafar 105Phi Vir Vir 4.81 118.3 13.64 G2III
21 Sgr Sgr 4.81 410.3 164.13 A1/A2V
29 Vul Vul 4.81 232.8 52.87 A0V
55 Cyg ◈ Cyg 4.81 2,329.7 5,291.76 B3Ia
HIP 9095 Phe 4.82 248.2 59.54 G8III
11Mu Aur Aur 4.82 153.0 22.62 A4m
HIP 31827 CMa 4.82 988.4 943.63 K2III
15 CMa ◈ CMa 4.82 1,217.0 1,430.87 B1Ib
HIP 36773 ◈ Pup 4.82 1,538.5 2,286.65 A4Ia
HIP 50799 Vel 4.82 203.8 40.14 K1IIIvar
36 UMa UMa 4.82 41.7 1.68 F8V
HIP 60710 Cen 4.82 448.0 193.91 B3Vn
25 CVn CVn 4.82 198.6 38.12 A7III
12 Boo Boo 4.82 122.1 14.40 F9IVw
44Pi Ser Ser 4.82 179.0 30.96 A3V
50Sig Ser Ser 4.82 88.9 7.64 F0V
52 Her ◈ Her 4.82 180.2 31.39 A2p...
30 Oph Oph 4.82 405.2 158.64 K4III
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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.