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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
12 Pup Pup 5.09 860.6 558.21 G8II
HIP 101320 Del 7.68 2,836.1 558.21 G5
HIP 109928 Lac 7.68 2,836.1 558.21 K0
HIP 88309 Sgr 7.57 2,695.5 557.70 B7II
HIP 40139 ◈ Pup 7.92 3,166.6 557.70 B3II
HIP 1030 ◈ And 6.71 1,812.0 556.67 B2V
HIP 31842 CMa 7.59 2,718.0 556.67 K0
HIP 34597 CMi 6.65 1,763.0 556.67 K2
HIP 32676 Gem 7.74 2,912.1 556.67 B8
HIP 36643 Pup 7.74 2,912.1 556.67 K3III
HIP 104316 Cyg 7.78 2,965.1 556.16 O9p
HIP 56267 Leo 7.84 3,048.2 556.16 M...
HIP 117146 Cep 7.15 2,218.7 556.16 B8
HIP 29706 Ori 7.15 2,218.7 556.16 G5
HIP 56985 Cen 7.76 2,938.3 556.16 K4III
26 Aqr Aqr 5.66 1,117.0 556.16 K2III
HIP 22570 Pic 6.55 1,681.2 555.14 A2/A3
57Mu Eri ◈ Eri 4.01 521.8 555.14 B5IV
HIP 37369 Lyn 5.77 1,173.2 554.63 M0III
HIP 103530 Cyg 5.59 1,080.0 554.63 B5Vn
52Nu 1Boo Boo 5.04 838.4 554.63 K5III
HIP 37649 Pup 7.23 2,296.9 554.12 K5III
HIP 41806 Vel 6.31 1,503.0 553.60 B5V
HIP 36856 Car 6.29 1,489.3 553.60 A1III/IV
HIP 15230 Eri 6.30 1,496.1 553.60 K5
HIP 52232 Sex 7.95 3,197.6 553.10 K2
HIP 96205 Aql 7.44 2,528.3 553.10 A0
HIP 74451 ◈ UMi 7.95 3,197.6 553.10 M...
HIP 31637 Col 5.72 1,144.4 552.59 B6IV
HIP 90637 Her 5.87 1,226.2 552.59 B6IV
HIP 57669 Cen 4.30 595.2 552.59 B3V
HIP 114908 Scl 7.36 2,434.0 551.57 K5/M0III
HIP 43464 Vel 7.79 2,965.1 551.06 B3V
HIP 105333 Aqr 7.22 2,280.8 551.06 B8V
HIP 26605 Lep 7.77 2,938.3 551.06 K5III
HIP 47795 Sex 7.19 2,249.4 551.06 K2
HIP 99128 Sge 7.62 2,740.8 550.55 G5
HIP 38455 ◈ Pup 4.49 648.4 550.55 B2V
HIP 24761 Tau 7.30 2,363.4 550.05 B8
HIP 860 Cas 6.70 1,792.1 549.54 B1V
HIP 32855 Pup 4.99 815.4 549.54 K2/K3III
HIP 37399 Pup 6.76 1,842.7 549.54 B5II
HIP 79604 Ser 7.68 2,811.7 548.53 K0
HIP 25288 Ori 6.33 1,510.0 548.53 B4IVn
HIP 51453 ◈ Car 7.57 2,673.4 548.53 B4:V:ne
HIP 92630 Tel 5.51 1,035.4 548.53 M0III
HIP 103889 Aqr 6.50 1,630.8 547.02 B6V
HIP 88277 Her 6.18 1,405.8 546.01 K5III
HIP 89920 CrA 6.46 1,598.8 545.51 K2II
HIP 50348 Sex 7.56 2,651.7 544.50 K2
HIP 43209 Vel 6.43 1,575.6 544.50 B2IV
HIP 26263 Ori 6.40 1,553.1 544.00 B3IV
HIP 70320 Lup 6.41 1,560.6 544.00 G5Ib
HIP 96804 Cyg 6.99 2,038.5 544.00 G8III
HIP 76924 Nor 6.95 2,001.0 544.00 K3III
HIP 30420 CMa 6.27 1,462.6 543.50 K2/K3III
HIP 46348 Vel 6.81 1,874.5 543.00 B9II/III
HIP 77927 TrA 6.14 1,376.2 542.50 B9II
Schedar 18Alp Cas ◈ Cas 2.24 228.2 542.00 K0II-IIIvar
HIP 11725 Cas 7.93 3,136.1 542.00 K2
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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.