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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
HIP 70787 Lib 8.56 1,782.3 97.99 K0III
HIP 96694 Sgr 7.84 1,279.0 97.90 K3III
HIP 1630 And 5.89 521.0 97.90 B7V
HIP 12127 Cas 8.88 2,064.3 97.90 B9V
HIP 2263 Cet 7.14 926.6 97.90 A9V
HIP 36826 Gem 7.74 1,221.6 97.90 M...
HIP 29702 Gem 7.30 997.4 97.90 K5
HIP 25777 Tau 7.05 888.7 97.90 B5
HIP 25766 Pic 7.75 1,226.2 97.81 K3III
HIP 45280 Pyx 7.41 1,048.7 97.81 G8III
HIP 46139 Dra 8.80 1,988.8 97.81 K2
HIP 106393 Cyg 5.77 492.7 97.81 A0V
HIP 27622 Pic 8.84 2,025.8 97.81 K1/K2III:
HIP 80890 Nor 8.48 1,716.6 97.81 K3III
HIP 13732 Per 6.22 606.2 97.81 K5III
HIP 12666 For 8.38 1,639.0 97.81 K0III
HIP 72972 Lup 8.55 1,772.6 97.81 K4III
HIP 75920 Ser 7.16 934.5 97.81 K0
HIP 23368 Cae 8.01 1,382.0 97.72 K2III
HIP 88770 Oph 6.51 692.5 97.72 K5
HIP 86843 Ara 8.98 2,160.0 97.72 A5IV
HIP 94659 Lyr 6.97 856.1 97.72 K0
HIP 89006 Pav 6.38 652.3 97.72 K4III
HIP 40804 Pup 7.18 942.6 97.72 K1III
HIP 19737 Eri 8.98 2,160.0 97.72 —
HIP 84839 Ara 8.02 1,387.9 97.72 F3IV
HIP 108605 Cyg 9.59 2,861.0 97.72 B5
HIP 52159 Car 8.02 1,387.9 97.72 A0IV
HIP 48074 UMa 7.92 1,325.8 97.72 K2
HIP 31450 Vol 7.92 1,325.8 97.72 K4III
HIP 35660 CMa 7.00 867.4 97.63 G8III
HIP 54395 Cen 7.33 1,009.8 97.63 K2III
HIP 53407 Vel 7.27 982.4 97.63 B9V
HIP 44618 Vel 7.27 982.4 97.63 B3IV
HIP 90010 Lyr 7.86 1,289.2 97.63 K2
HIP 72958 Cen 8.03 1,393.8 97.63 K1/K2III
HIP 13924 Cas 7.93 1,331.2 97.63 O7V
HIP 43553 Lyn 5.96 537.3 97.63 K0III
HIP 67290 UMa 9.29 2,489.7 97.63 K0
HIP 3242 Psc 9.63 2,912.1 97.63 A0
HIP 93187 ◈ Dra 6.52 695.4 97.63 A0p Si
HIP 102355 Mic 9.13 2,313.2 97.63 K
HIP 12057 And 6.36 645.9 97.63 B9MNp...
HIP 66527 Cen 8.60 1,812.0 97.63 K0III
3 Sco ◈ Sco 5.87 515.3 97.54 B8III/IV
HIP 15903 Per 9.10 2,280.8 97.54 A0
1 Cet Cet 6.28 622.4 97.54 K1IIICN...
HIP 105046 Aqr 6.48 682.3 97.54 K0
HIP 68086 Vir 8.35 1,614.6 97.54 K2
HIP 3234 Cas 8.05 1,405.8 97.54 K0
HIP 76240 Ser 9.69 2,992.3 97.54 G0
HIP 5688 ◈ Cas 6.40 657.6 97.54 B9V
HIP 90066 Tel 9.67 2,965.1 97.54 G
HIP 101536 Vul 9.10 2,280.8 97.54 A3
HIP 94486 Aql 7.06 891.1 97.54 K0
HIP 96488 Sgr 7.68 1,186.0 97.54 G8III
HIP 37179 Gem 6.84 805.3 97.54 G5
HIP 65235 Vir 6.84 805.3 97.54 K5III
HIP 42949 Hya 6.66 741.3 97.54 K0
HIP 41851 Pyx 9.04 2,218.7 97.54 A3V
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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.