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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
15Psi Sco Sco 4.93 155.6 21.14 A3IV
39Kap Aql Aql 4.93 1,681.2 2,468.31 B0.5III
Xi Tel Tel 4.93 1,080.0 1,018.59 M1II
28 Cyg ◈ Cyg 4.93 1,035.4 935.84 B2.5V
29 Cyg ◈ Cyg 4.93 139.3 16.94 A2V
HIP 102571 ◈ Cyg 4.93 445.0 172.82 K3IIIvar
92Chi Aqr ◈ Aqr 4.93 613.1 328.10 M3III
78 Peg Peg 4.93 224.3 43.93 K0III
6 Tri ◈ Tri 4.94 290.7 73.11 F5V comp SB
24 Per Per 4.94 368.1 117.27 K2III
HIP 33357 Pup 4.94 860.6 640.91 M1III
HIP 35727 CMa 4.94 481.1 200.26 B5II/III
Chi Gem Gem 4.94 256.2 56.81 K2III
HIP 43347 Vel 4.94 1,109.4 1,064.63 A2III
Felis Hya 4.94 614.2 326.59 K5III
HIP 50933 ◈ UMa 4.94 339.4 99.63 A0sp...
HIP 51495 Car 4.94 1,032.1 922.15 K4/K5III
45Psi Hya Hya 4.94 231.5 46.34 K0III
HIP 64540 CVn 4.94 459.4 182.64 K0III
15 Dra Dra 4.94 486.8 205.12 A0III
15Lam Lyr Lyr 4.94 1,105.6 1,057.79 K3III
67Rho Aql Aql 4.94 150.0 19.46 A2V
45Ome1Cyg ◈ Cyg 4.94 908.5 714.50 B2.5IV
15Tau PsA PsA 4.94 59.6 3.08 F6V
20Pi Cas ◈ Cas 4.95 175.1 26.28 A5V
34Phi Cas Cas 4.95 — 91,201,084 F0Ia
HIP 18505 Cam 4.95 360.8 111.58 B9.5V
HIP 26736 Ori 4.95 898.5 691.83 B2IV-V
69 Ori Ori 4.95 528.6 239.66 B5Vn
84Tau Leo Leo 4.95 562.3 271.14 G8II-III
6 Dra Dra 4.95 601.8 310.46 K2III
48 Lib ◈ Lib 4.95 467.9 187.76 B8Ia/Iab
Kap Nor Nor 4.95 428.0 157.04 G4III
21Eta UMi UMi 4.95 97.0 8.06 F5V
22 Cyg Cyg 4.95 1,443.2 1,784.84 B5IV
HIP 98608 ◈ Pav 4.95 475.4 193.73 M6III
15 Lac Lac 4.95 325.2 90.61 M0III
8Kap Psc ◈ Psc 4.95 153.5 20.19 A0p
19 Psc ◈ Psc 4.95 898.5 691.83 C5II
53Tau And And 4.96 712.1 430.92 B8III
HIP 7918 And 4.96 41.5 1.47 G2V
Ome For For 4.96 483.9 198.98 B9V
32 Per Per 4.96 150.6 19.27 A3V
75 Tau Tau 4.96 186.7 29.62 K2IIIvar
109 Tau Tau 4.96 247.3 51.95 G8III
30Xi Aur Aur 4.96 238.2 48.22 A2V
89 Vir Vir 4.96 244.3 50.72 K0III
HIP 78180 ◈ Dra 4.96 109.5 10.19 F0IV
HIP 78650 Sco 4.96 207.6 36.61 K3III
98 Her Her 4.96 737.9 462.59 M3IIIa+...
11 Sgr Sgr 4.96 256.0 55.67 K0III
104 Her ◈ Her 4.96 544.5 251.88 M3III
4 Cas Cas 4.96 785.9 524.81 M1III
Nu Phe Phe 4.97 49.3 2.05 F8V
46Ome Cas Cas 4.97 701.4 414.19 B8III
40 Per Per 4.97 1,055.5 937.56 B0.5V
Iot Ret Ret 4.97 319.1 85.74 K4III
52Phi Tau Tau 4.97 321.0 86.78 K1III
Xi Col Col 4.97 332.8 93.24 K1IIICN...
83Phi Gem Gem 4.97 222.5 41.65 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.