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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 42949 Hya 6.66 741.3 97.54 K0
HIP 31520 Aur 6.90 827.8 97.54 K2
HIP 37179 Gem 6.84 805.3 97.54 G5
HIP 45363 Cnc 7.88 1,299.4 97.45 K2
HIP 42099 Pyx 7.65 1,169.0 97.45 G8II/III
HIP 28956 Cep 7.50 1,090.8 97.45 G5
HIP 20465 Eri 5.81 501.0 97.45 K5III
HIP 51615 Vel 7.77 1,235.4 97.45 K0III
HIP 99074 Sge 7.88 1,299.4 97.45 K0
HIP 105433 Equ 7.09 903.5 97.45 K0
HIP 114564 Cep 8.94 2,117.9 97.45 A0
HIP 79247 ◈ Sco 8.06 1,411.9 97.45 M3III
HIP 116109 ◈ Cep 7.09 903.5 97.45 A5
HIP 3302 Cet 7.88 1,299.4 97.45 G5
HIP 12987 Hyi 8.65 1,853.2 97.45 K2III
HIP 64927 CVn 5.81 501.0 97.45 K4.5III
HIP 12026 Cet 8.33 1,598.8 97.45 G8/K0III/IV
HIP 27567 Tau 9.21 2,398.2 97.45 A2
HIP 28780 Col 8.65 1,853.2 97.45 K
HIP 4285 Cas 7.69 1,190.4 97.36 A0
HIP 107432 Cyg 8.52 1,744.1 97.36 A0
HIP 76183 Ser 8.08 1,424.3 97.36 K0III
28Ome Per Per 4.61 288.1 97.36 K1III
HIP 30035 Gem 9.26 2,452.3 97.36 F5
HIP 116493 Cas 8.07 1,418.1 97.36 A0
HIP 103683 Cyg 8.44 1,681.2 97.36 K5
HIP 8231 Cas 7.69 1,190.4 97.36 G8III-IV
HIP 12714 For 7.26 976.5 97.36 K2III
HIP 29033 Aur 7.02 874.4 97.36 K0
HIP 82874 Ara 7.45 1,065.9 97.36 B7V
HIP 77186 Ser 6.32 633.3 97.36 K0III
HIP 80682 Dra 6.45 672.5 97.36 M0
HIP 55492 Hya 7.73 1,212.5 97.36 K1III
HIP 10206 Hyi 7.14 924.0 97.36 G8III
HIP 90257 Sgr 7.26 976.5 97.36 M0III
HIP 114850 ◈ And 8.31 1,583.3 97.36 M0
HIP 112981 Lac 6.82 797.4 97.36 B9
HIP 108948 Cep 7.62 1,152.5 97.36 A0
HIP 57639 Dra 7.45 1,065.9 97.36 F8
HIP 51593 Car 7.36 1,022.4 97.36 B5III
HIP 47352 Leo 6.79 785.9 97.27 B9
HIP 37500 CMi 8.69 1,885.3 97.27 B9
HIP 39375 Mon 8.69 1,885.3 97.27 A0
HIP 113145 Lac 7.83 1,269.1 97.27 A2
Zet Pav Pav 4.01 218.5 97.27 K2III
HIP 90533 Lyr 9.43 2,651.7 97.27 K5
HIP 88978 Sgr 8.58 1,792.1 97.27 K3/K4III
HIP 59073 UMa 9.00 2,174.4 97.27 M0
HIP 117125 Oct 5.74 484.6 97.27 K1III
HIP 19574 Dor 8.58 1,792.1 97.27 K1III
HIP 71794 Boo 8.10 1,436.8 97.27 G5
HIP 11869 Ari 7.21 953.7 97.27 G8III
HIP 46040 Car 7.78 1,240.1 97.27 A4V
HIP 8804 Tri 6.86 811.3 97.19 K5III
HIP 1967 Cet 8.11 1,443.2 97.19 G5/G6III
Ups Lup Lup 5.36 406.7 97.19 Ap...
HIP 98587 Cyg 7.74 1,217.0 97.19 G5III
HIP 69022 Hya 8.26 1,545.8 97.19 K0III
HIP 26649 Col 5.44 421.9 97.19 G6/G8III
HIP 12831 Per 8.51 1,734.9 97.19 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.