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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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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 103623 Equ 8.48 1,753.5 102.05 K5
HIP 117381 Oct 8.48 1,753.5 102.05 F3IV
HIP 43142 Hya 5.28 401.7 102.05 A3V
HIP 33677 Mon 8.54 1,802.0 102.05 A0
HIP 35893 Pup 6.32 648.4 102.05 B5V
HIP 104734 Vul 7.83 1,299.4 102.05 K5
HIP 97078 Cyg 7.90 1,342.2 102.05 M0
4Eps Sge Sge 5.67 480.3 101.95 G8IIIvar
HIP 51577 Vel 8.92 2,145.8 101.95 B9.5V
HIP 31178 CMa 7.25 994.4 101.95 B2III
HIP 40742 Vel 7.14 945.4 101.95 B8V
HIP 77858 Sco 5.38 420.3 101.95 B5V
HIP 27834 Ori 8.39 1,681.2 101.95 K2
HIP 6479 Scl 7.91 1,347.8 101.95 G8/K0III
HIP 79765 Her 6.76 793.6 101.95 K2
HIP 105573 Cyg 7.29 1,012.9 101.95 K0
HIP 72118 Cir 7.57 1,152.5 101.95 G8III
HIP 106538 Cep 7.03 898.5 101.86 K2III
8 Vul Vul 5.82 514.4 101.86 K0III
HIP 68283 Cen 8.59 1,842.7 101.86 K3III
HIP 3299 Cas 5.83 516.9 101.86 G9III-IV
HIP 63585 Cen 7.38 1,055.5 101.86 K4III
HIP 63554 Cen 8.38 1,672.6 101.86 B9IV
HIP 73420 Cir 7.61 1,173.2 101.86 M1III
46 Cnc Cnc 6.12 590.9 101.86 G5III
HIP 27426 Lep 7.38 1,055.5 101.86 K0III
HIP 23371 Tau 8.64 1,885.3 101.86 K0
HIP 46609 Hya 6.57 726.4 101.77 K3III
HIP 37080 Pup 8.22 1,553.1 101.77 G1/G2IV/V
HIP 113825 Cep 8.21 1,545.8 101.77 B0IV:n
HIP 79692 Sco 6.09 582.4 101.77 A0III
HIP 65847 Hya 9.07 2,296.9 101.77 A3V
HIP 55654 Leo 8.22 1,553.1 101.77 K2
HIP 82631 Oph 8.77 2,001.0 101.77 K2
HIP 80598 Her 8.98 2,203.8 101.77 K5
HIP 5779 Cet 9.49 2,787.7 101.77 K0
18 Sex Sex 5.64 473.4 101.77 K2III
HIP 4444 Phe 8.12 1,482.5 101.67 M0III
HIP 1088 Scl 8.58 1,832.3 101.67 A5IV
HIP 65162 CVn 8.88 2,104.2 101.67 K0III
HIP 95953 Cyg 6.26 629.6 101.67 B9.5III
HIP 24513 Men 8.52 1,782.3 101.67 G5III
HIP 14963 For 7.74 1,244.9 101.67 K0III
HIP 87044 Her 5.61 466.6 101.67 A1V
HIP 18301 Eri 8.17 1,517.0 101.67 K4/K5III:
HIP 80882 Her 8.68 1,918.6 101.67 M0
HIP 4956 Cas 9.01 2,233.9 101.67 K5V
HIP 48222 Car 7.55 1,140.4 101.67 B8/B9III
HIP 7873 Hyi 8.16 1,510.0 101.67 B3V
HIP 16637 Ret 8.15 1,503.0 101.67 G8III
HIP 84622 Ara 7.62 1,177.5 101.67 K2III
HIP 47143 Leo 8.12 1,482.5 101.67 G5
HIP 42154 Vel 8.19 1,531.2 101.67 B7IV
HIP 26204 Ori 8.14 1,496.1 101.67 B8
HIP 33716 CMa 7.94 1,364.7 101.67 K0III
HIP 32341 Aur 8.35 1,647.3 101.58 A0
HIP 40948 Vel 7.75 1,249.6 101.58 B7V
HIP 20360 Eri 6.45 686.6 101.58 A0
HIP 39414 Lyn 6.90 845.0 101.58 K5
HIP 28459 Mon 7.39 1,058.9 101.58 K0
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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.