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Stars

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 72233 Aps 8.00 1,462.6 110.46 K5III
HIP 81207 Her 9.31 2,673.4 110.46 M0
HIP 62885 Hya 7.85 1,364.7 110.46 K2III
HIP 116111 Scl 8.08 1,517.0 110.46 G3V
HIP 36042 CMi 8.00 1,462.6 110.46 K0
HIP 82731 Sco 6.34 680.9 110.46 A5IIIm...
HIP 33897 CMa 8.06 1,503.0 110.46 K1III+...
HIP 22704 Aur 8.06 1,503.0 110.46 A0
HIP 61070 Cen 8.95 2,265.0 110.46 G8III
HIP 91987 Aql 6.89 876.8 110.36 B9III
HIP 31208 Mon 7.57 1,199.1 110.36 K0
HIP 46012 UMa 8.75 2,064.3 110.36 K
HIP 76171 Nor 7.71 1,279.0 110.36 K1II/IIICN
HIP 34172 Gem 8.82 2,131.7 110.36 A0
HIP 13186 Ari 8.26 1,647.3 110.36 F2
HIP 98662 ◈ Sge 9.14 2,470.9 110.36 C5II
HIP 115556 Gru 7.35 1,083.6 110.36 A3V
HIP 10298 Cet 7.30 1,058.9 110.36 K0
HIP 101514 Cyg 7.21 1,016.1 110.36 K4III
HIP 61818 CVn 7.03 934.5 110.26 K4III
HIP 71603 Boo 9.33 2,695.5 110.26 M0
Alioth 77Eps UMa ◈ UMa 1.76 82.6 110.26 A0p
HIP 61334 CVn 7.28 1,048.7 110.26 G8IIICN...
HIP 56686 UMa 7.33 1,072.9 110.26 M0
HIP 54000 Car 9.06 2,380.7 110.26 B6V
HIP 11180 Hor 8.35 1,716.6 110.26 K5III
HIP 41674 Vel 5.98 576.2 110.26 B7IV
HIP 78235 ◈ CrB 7.33 1,072.9 110.26 M7
HIP 27447 Tau 8.35 1,716.6 110.26 B3II
HIP 78661 UMi 5.73 513.6 110.26 A3V
HIP 74601 Cir 7.72 1,284.1 110.26 G8III
HIP 52970 Car 7.87 1,376.2 110.26 B5Vn
HIP 22435 Eri 8.25 1,639.0 110.26 A0V
HIP 39626 Mon 9.03 2,346.4 110.15 K0
HIP 103879 Cyg 9.46 2,861.0 110.15 B5
HIP 96992 Cyg 8.53 1,863.7 110.15 B8
HIP 58097 Mus 7.89 1,387.9 110.15 K2III
HIP 42641 Pyx 9.03 2,346.4 110.15 K0
HIP 13984 Cet 7.79 1,325.8 110.15 K3III
HIP 39227 Car 7.67 1,254.4 110.15 B4III
HIP 32110 Aur 8.34 1,707.6 110.15 A2...
HIP 399 Peg 6.25 652.3 110.15 K4IIIb
HIP 92439 Lyr 8.23 1,622.7 110.05 A2
HIP 112604 Aqr 7.36 1,087.2 110.05 K2
HIP 40204 Vol 8.88 2,189.0 110.05 K3III
HIP 3344 Scl 7.07 950.9 110.05 M1III
HIP 25289 Col 9.50 2,912.1 110.05 G5
HIP 10158 Cas 8.88 2,189.0 110.05 G5
HIP 17781 Per 7.39 1,101.9 110.05 B8
HIP 59429 Vir 7.63 1,230.8 110.05 K0
HIP 60636 Vir 9.11 2,434.0 110.05 K0
HIP 106375 Aqr 7.63 1,230.8 110.05 M...
HIP 25439 Aur 8.23 1,622.7 110.05 B8
HIP 103680 Ind 9.16 2,489.7 110.05 K2III
HIP 109190 Cep 6.34 679.5 110.05 G6III
HIP 87390 Sco 5.94 565.3 110.05 M2III
HIP 49274 UMa 7.59 1,208.0 109.95 K0
HIP 101607 Del 6.53 741.3 109.95 B9
HIP 36226 Pup 8.62 1,941.4 109.95 B8/B9IV/V
HIP 106642 ◈ Cyg 5.96 570.2 109.95 M4IIIe-M6e
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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.