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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 41623 Cnc 7.26 1,025.6 107.45 K0
HIP 48388 Car 8.95 2,233.9 107.45 B8V
HIP 110164 Gru 8.46 1,782.3 107.45 K0III
HIP 117267 Aqr 8.98 2,265.0 107.45 G5
HIP 72705 Cen 8.82 2,104.2 107.45 M2III
HIP 72585 Aps 8.12 1,524.1 107.45 G5V
HIP 48282 Sex 8.62 1,918.6 107.45 K2
HIP 4017 And 7.26 1,025.6 107.45 A0
HIP 3994 Psc 9.12 2,416.0 107.45 G5
HIP 95074 Cyg 7.88 1,364.7 107.45 K5
HIP 100650 Cap 8.13 1,531.2 107.45 M0III
HIP 94714 Oct 6.61 760.3 107.45 A3IV
HIP 12259 Tri 7.46 1,124.7 107.45 G5
HIP 5888 Psc 8.14 1,538.5 107.45 G5
HIP 116034 Psc 7.16 979.4 107.45 K2
HIP 107828 Cep 7.88 1,364.7 107.45 K0
HIP 115079 Peg 8.13 1,531.2 107.45 K0
HIP 96417 Vul 6.33 668.4 107.45 B9sp...
HIP 85711 Her 9.34 2,673.4 107.45 K2
HIP 94025 Sgr 8.12 1,524.1 107.45 K1/K2III:
HIP 110410 Cep 6.95 888.7 107.35 A0
HIP 3893 Cet 7.60 1,199.1 107.35 K4III
36 Com Com 4.76 324.2 107.35 M0III
HIP 48729 Vel 7.09 948.1 107.35 G8III
HIP 92276 Lyr 7.81 1,320.5 107.35 K0
HIP 37149 Mon 6.92 876.8 107.35 G5
HIP 105153 Cyg 7.04 926.6 107.35 B9
HIP 79222 Aps 7.89 1,370.4 107.35 G5III
HIP 88294 Sgr 6.30 658.9 107.35 B7/B8II/III
HIP 4455 Scl 8.85 2,131.7 107.35 K0III
HIP 41306 Pup 6.44 702.9 107.35 K1III
HIP 51976 Vel 7.74 1,279.0 107.35 G8III
HIP 26358 Cam 8.51 1,822.1 107.25 K5...
HIP 33122 Car 8.38 1,716.6 107.25 B6III
HIP 58852 UMa 8.51 1,822.1 107.25 K0III
HIP 22501 Cae 8.38 1,716.6 107.25 B9V
HIP 77430 Lup 8.74 2,025.8 107.25 F0IV
HIP 3707 Tuc 8.70 1,988.8 107.25 A2V
HIP 105946 Cap 7.11 956.5 107.25 B9III/IV
HIP 16716 Per 7.53 1,160.7 107.25 K2
HIP 102319 Cyg 7.65 1,226.2 107.25 A0
HIP 102719 Ind 7.53 1,160.7 107.25 A1IV
HIP 16701 Tau 8.70 1,988.8 107.25 K5
HIP 83311 Oph 7.41 1,098.2 107.25 B9
HIP 100598 Del 6.78 821.6 107.25 B9
HIP 115972 And 9.29 2,609.2 107.15 K7III
HIP 51903 Vel 9.49 2,861.0 107.15 Ap
HIP 19066 Eri 7.82 1,325.8 107.15 K3III
HIP 111247 Lac 6.41 692.5 107.15 G8III
HIP 96350 Dra 7.03 921.3 107.15 M5III:
HIP 64702 Cen 9.06 2,346.4 107.15 B9IV/V
HIP 97183 Aql 7.29 1,038.7 107.15 K0
HIP 57806 Crt 6.87 856.1 107.15 K0
HIP 109561 PsA 6.68 784.0 107.15 K1/K2III+..
HIP 18262 Eri 5.70 499.5 107.15 K0III...
HIP 115612 Gru 8.61 1,907.3 107.15 G8/K0III
HIP 32420 CMa 9.06 2,346.4 107.15 B3II/III
HIP 35464 ◈ Vol 7.91 1,382.0 107.15 M4III
HIP 46370 Car 7.82 1,325.8 107.15 B8III
HIP 35507 CMa 8.37 1,707.6 107.15 B8II/III
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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.