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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
Fafnir 42 Dra Dra 4.82 314.8 95.76 K2III
52Ups Dra Dra 4.82 344.0 114.39 K0III
22Eta Cap Cap 4.82 161.5 25.19 A5V
31 Peg ◈ Peg 4.82 1,622.7 2,544.49 B2IV-V
57Sig Aqr Aqr 4.82 289.7 81.06 A0IVs
8 And And 4.82 563.3 306.76 M2III
104 Aqr Aqr 4.82 838.4 679.20 G2Ib/II
26Ups1Cas Cas 4.83 328.5 103.28 K2III
48Ome And And 4.83 93.3 8.34 F5IV
83Eps Cet Cet 4.83 70.1 4.70 F5V
Zet Hyi Hyi 4.83 284.4 77.41 A2IV/V
HIP 34495 Pup 4.83 728.0 507.69 B3IV/V
HIP 35210 CMa 4.83 1,418.1 1,924.86 K4III
HIP 40945 Pup 4.83 1,006.7 970.06 K2/K3III
HIP 42726 ◈ Vel 4.83 484.6 224.91 B3IV
Xi 1Cen Cen 4.83 220.5 46.56 A0V
44 Boo ◈ Boo 4.83 40.8 1.59 G2V + G2V
HIP 74449 Lup 4.83 504.1 243.22 B3IV
30 Her ◈ Her 4.83 354.1 120.12 M6III:var
HIP 83574 ◈ Sco 4.83 — 101,859,139 B2Iab
HIP 92088 Lyr 4.83 254.8 62.17 K3III
Eta Sct Sct 4.83 202.3 39.19 K1III
Eps CrA ◈ CrA 4.83 98.4 9.28 F3IV/V
98Mu Psc Psc 4.84 304.0 87.66 K4III
60 And And 4.84 530.3 266.93 K4III
8Del Tri Tri 4.84 35.2 1.17 G0V
96Kap1Cet ◈ Cet 4.84 29.8 0.84 G5Vvar
47 Tau Tau 4.84 331.8 104.42 G5III
126 Tau Tau 4.84 635.8 383.35 B3IV...
HIP 37297 Pup 4.84 555.6 292.95 B3V
HIP 42134 Car 4.84 222.0 46.77 K0III
58 Leo Leo 4.84 360.4 123.25 K1III
2Xi Vir Vir 4.84 122.0 14.13 A4V
20 Boo Boo 4.84 187.0 33.17 K3III
29 Her Her 4.84 351.1 116.95 K4III
18 Dra Dra 4.84 736.2 514.28 K1p
HIP 82020 Dra 4.84 85.2 6.88 F2V
60 Sgr Sgr 4.84 313.3 93.15 G8II/III
Rho Gru Gru 4.84 230.3 50.35 K0III
Eta Gru Gru 4.84 415.0 163.38 K2IIICNIV
1 Cas Cas 4.84 1,128.6 1,208.93 B0.5IV
Graffias Xi Sco Sco 4.84 79.4 5.98 F6 IV-V
HIP 14862 Cas 4.85 165.4 25.70 A2Vnn
HIP 15416 Per 4.85 1,177.5 1,303.77 K2II
HIP 36431 Pup 4.85 3,106.2 9,069.85 A6Ib/II
HIP 49712 Vel 4.85 1,331.2 1,665.71 B3IV
HIP 64408 Cen 4.85 67.4 4.27 G3V
Eps Cir Cir 4.85 407.7 156.31 K2.5III
HIP 87846 Sco 4.85 289.9 79.00 K2III
74 Oph Oph 4.85 260.5 63.80 G8III
Lam Tel Tel 4.85 611.9 351.88 A0V
Eta Scl ◈ Scl 4.86 451.7 190.02 M2/M3III
15 Eri Eri 4.86 255.4 60.76 K0III
12 Lyn Lyn 4.86 214.7 42.93 A3V
Zet Pyx Pyx 4.86 244.3 55.62 G5III
HIP 51808 Dra 4.86 247.3 56.96 K0III
HIP 64820 Mus 4.86 1,194.7 1,329.23 K2Ib/II
HIP 70327 Boo 4.86 215.0 43.05 A0V
31 Boo Boo 4.86 537.3 268.91 G8IIIvar
19Xi CrB CrB 4.86 183.4 31.33 K0III
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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.