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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 112148 Lac 8.75 1,988.8 102.42 B5:ne
HIP 28157 Aur 7.70 1,226.2 102.42 K5
HIP 94383 Aql 7.46 1,098.2 102.42 F8
HIP 19116 ◈ Eri 7.03 901.0 102.42 M4III
HIP 91139 Her 5.62 470.6 102.42 G8III
HIP 26995 Dor 7.49 1,113.2 102.42 G8III
HIP 4901 Psc 7.80 1,284.1 102.42 K2III
HIP 96761 Cyg 9.54 2,861.0 102.33 A2
HIP 37711 Pup 9.11 2,346.4 102.33 K3/K4
HIP 34385 Mon 7.87 1,325.8 102.33 M0
HIP 17429 For 9.54 2,861.0 102.33 K2III
HIP 114217 Gru 7.87 1,325.8 102.33 M3III
HIP 5878 Psc 6.99 883.9 102.33 A2
HIP 16202 For 9.11 2,346.4 102.33 F6V
HIP 60886 Crv 8.42 1,707.6 102.33 K2/K3III
HIP 9886 Per 8.61 1,863.7 102.33 M2Ia0-a...
HIP 30726 Gem 7.96 1,382.0 102.33 G5
Lam Col ◈ Col 4.88 334.5 102.33 B5V
HIP 77859 ◈ Sco 5.41 426.9 102.33 B2V
HIP 32693 Gem 7.32 1,028.9 102.33 B9
HIP 46798 UMa 9.19 2,434.0 102.24 A0
HIP 29201 Mon 8.55 1,812.0 102.24 B0V
HIP 36830 Pup 7.30 1,019.2 102.24 A5Vms...
HIP 40689 Hya 8.49 1,763.0 102.24 K5
HIP 39403 Cnc 9.19 2,434.0 102.24 K0
HIP 30910 CMa 8.31 1,622.7 102.24 B8V
HIP 31338 Mon 7.26 1,000.5 102.24 B8
HIP 28986 Ori 7.26 1,000.5 102.24 K2
HIP 113046 Cep 7.30 1,019.2 102.24 K5
HIP 50985 Sex 8.49 1,763.0 102.24 K2
HIP 106320 Oct 6.42 679.5 102.24 K3III
HIP 118119 Oct 9.08 2,313.2 102.24 K0III
HIP 84456 Ara 7.44 1,087.2 102.24 K2III
HIP 106775 Peg 7.44 1,087.2 102.24 G4III
HIP 19297 Eri 9.08 2,313.2 102.24 K2III
HIP 79820 Her 9.29 2,548.1 102.24 K0
HIP 35054 Pup 5.95 547.2 102.24 B4III/IV
HIP 61969 Vir 6.81 813.4 102.24 K5
HIP 82468 Her 7.24 991.4 102.24 A0
HIP 19799 Tau 5.22 391.1 102.24 B9Vn
HIP 72232 Cir 9.29 2,548.1 102.24 A4III/IV
HIP 96852 Aql 9.36 2,630.3 102.14 B0Ib:n
HIP 114097 And 7.42 1,076.4 102.14 B2V
HIP 88273 Her 9.62 2,965.1 102.14 A5
HIP 38972 CMi 6.65 755.0 102.14 A3
HIP 19348 Tau 6.79 805.3 102.14 M0
HIP 41000 Vol 8.30 1,614.6 102.14 B9V
HIP 13252 ◈ Per 8.41 1,698.7 102.14 K5
HIP 64033 Cen 5.98 554.7 102.14 B9IV+...
HIP 100743 ◈ Sgr 8.74 1,976.7 102.14 M2/M3
HIP 102224 Cep 7.01 891.1 102.14 B9
HIP 114486 Peg 6.90 847.2 102.14 K0III
HIP 17028 Eri 8.30 1,614.6 102.14 K1III
HIP 75425 Dra 6.68 765.6 102.14 K0
HIP 75764 Dra 6.90 847.2 102.14 A0
HIP 63451 Cen 8.74 1,976.7 102.14 G8III/IV
HIP 66709 Cen 7.82 1,294.3 102.14 Ap...
HIP 33677 Mon 8.54 1,802.0 102.05 A0
HIP 43142 Hya 5.28 401.7 102.05 A3V
HIP 73775 Cir 8.28 1,598.8 102.05 K4III
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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.