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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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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
Mu Nor ◈ Nor 4.86 — 99,083,194 B0Ia
42 Her Her 4.86 414.4 159.96 M2.5III
25Nu 2Dra Dra 4.86 99.4 9.21 Am
58 Oph Oph 4.86 57.6 3.09 F6/F7V
HIP 91918 Sgr 4.86 466.6 202.86 B2V
Ainalrami 32Nu 1Sgr Sgr 4.86 1,124.7 1,178.15 K1II
42Psi Sgr Sgr 4.86 298.4 82.95 K0/K1III+..
Rho Pav ◈ Pav 4.86 189.6 33.48 Fm delta Del
22Nu Peg Peg 4.86 271.6 68.68 K4III
Adhil 46Xi And And 4.87 214.4 42.42 K0III-IV
78Nu Cet Cet 4.87 340.1 106.76 G8III
58Zet Ari Ari 4.87 262.2 63.45 A1V
39 Eri Eri 4.87 242.3 54.20 K3III
HIP 34899 ◈ Pup 4.87 184.4 31.36 Ap
9 Hya Hya 4.87 211.8 41.38 K0IIICN...
Del Pyx Pyx 4.87 247.3 56.44 A3IV
HIP 48559 Hya 4.87 341.9 107.84 K2III
HIP 51979 Hya 4.87 487.5 219.38 M1III
HIP 52736 Car 4.87 480.3 213.01 B3IV
56 Sgr Sgr 4.87 207.6 39.77 K0III
72 Cyg Cyg 4.87 231.5 49.43 K1III
72Rho Cet Cet 4.88 456.2 190.20 A0V
114 Tau Tau 4.88 624.8 357.11 B2.5IV
132 Tau Tau 4.88 363.6 120.89 G8IIIvar
Lam Col ◈ Col 4.88 334.5 102.33 B5V
29 CMa ◈ CMa 4.88 1,907.3 3,326.60 O7f
Eps Cha Cha 4.88 361.6 119.56 B9Vn
30Rho Vir ◈ Vir 4.88 118.3 12.80 A0V
37 Com ◈ Com 4.88 660.2 398.47 K1IIIp
19 Dra Dra 4.88 49.8 2.26 F6Vvar
HIP 87936 Sco 4.88 451.7 186.55 M0III
Eps Sct Sct 4.88 538.2 264.97 G8II
43 Sgr Sgr 4.88 481.8 212.23 K0III
Iot Tel Tel 4.88 370.6 125.66 G9III
5Tau Cas Cas 4.88 173.9 27.67 K1III
27 Psc Psc 4.88 234.5 50.26 G9III
8Sig Cas Cas 4.88 — 97,274,722 B1V...
6 Cet Cet 4.89 61.1 3.39 F5V
HIP 22453 Per 4.89 503.3 229.51 K4II
25Psi1Ori ◈ Ori 4.89 1,038.7 977.24 B1V:pe
134 Tau Tau 4.89 248.8 56.08 B9IV
Jishui 71Omi Gem Gem 4.89 166.3 25.07 F3III
81 Gem Gem 4.89 339.4 104.33 K5III
HIP 51523 Vel 4.89 71.1 4.58 F6V
HIP 52009 ◈ Hya 4.89 679.5 418.41 C
HIP 57443 Cen 4.89 30.1 0.82 G3/G5V
HIP 57851 Mus 4.89 362.4 119.01 B4V
35 Com Com 4.89 283.1 72.64 G8III
Eta Aps Aps 4.89 138.1 17.28 A2m...
60 Her Her 4.89 133.3 16.10 A4IV
24Nu 1Dra Dra 4.89 98.7 8.81 Am...
15 Cyg Cyg 4.89 289.1 75.72 G8III
Alp Mic Mic 4.89 378.4 129.66 G8III
10 Lac Lac 4.89 1,725.7 2,698.98 O9V
HIP 115990 ◈ Cas 4.89 621.2 349.62 B3IV
25Nu Cas Cas 4.90 411.8 152.19 B9III
46 Cet Cet 4.90 287.6 74.27 K2III
51 Ori Ori 4.90 293.6 77.34 K1III
16 Lyn Lyn 4.90 240.9 52.10 A2Vn
HIP 62683 Cen 4.90 400.2 143.75 B9V
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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.