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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 41109 Pup 8.10 1,430.5 96.38 B9II:
HIP 93794 Pav 8.65 1,842.7 96.38 K4III
HIP 109308 Tuc 7.84 1,269.1 96.38 K3III
HIP 10146 For 8.31 1,575.6 96.38 K2III
HIP 4744 Cas 7.67 1,173.2 96.38 B2.5Vn
HIP 106206 PsA 7.17 931.9 96.38 K2/K3III
HIP 37784 Pup 8.30 1,568.1 96.38 B2V
HIP 105980 Ind 8.65 1,842.7 96.38 G6IV
HIP 86392 Her 7.44 1,055.5 96.38 K5
HIP 49594 UMa 7.67 1,173.2 96.38 K0
HIP 105572 Cep 8.79 1,964.8 96.29 B8
HIP 43840 UMa 8.52 1,734.9 96.29 K0
HIP 84464 Her 8.52 1,734.9 96.29 A5
HIP 14618 Cas 7.91 1,309.9 96.29 A2
HIP 79340 UMi 8.83 2,001.0 96.29 M2
HIP 19039 Per 6.87 811.3 96.29 B3V
HIP 109979 Peg 7.52 1,094.5 96.29 K5
HIP 83269 Ara 6.40 653.6 96.29 Ap...
HIP 115024 Peg 7.71 1,194.7 96.29 K3III
HIP 20953 Eri 6.78 778.4 96.29 K1III
HIP 20562 Tau 7.71 1,194.7 96.29 K0
HIP 25476 Aur 6.17 587.7 96.29 K2
HIP 66898 Boo 8.29 1,560.6 96.29 K5
HIP 7249 Cas 8.83 2,001.0 96.29 A0
HIP 79506 Her 7.14 918.7 96.29 K0
HIP 32484 Pup 7.99 1,359.0 96.29 K3III
HIP 12433 Hor 7.85 1,274.0 96.29 M3III
HIP 85800 Her 8.27 1,545.8 96.29 K5
HIP 33115 ◈ Vol 8.79 1,964.8 96.29 M1III
HIP 17473 Tau 7.91 1,309.9 96.29 K2
HIP 5052 And 8.27 1,545.8 96.29 G5
HIP 66393 UMi 7.47 1,069.4 96.29 K5
HIP 91665 Aql 6.69 746.4 96.21 K0
HIP 54732 Cen 8.23 1,517.0 96.21 K0IICN...
HIP 2170 And 8.21 1,503.0 96.21 K1III...
HIP 7812 Cas 6.97 849.4 96.21 B9
HIP 114054 Aqr 6.71 753.2 96.21 A0
HIP 70458 Vir 8.22 1,510.0 96.21 K0
HIP 16251 Eri 7.28 979.4 96.21 G8/K0III
HIP 30203 CMa 8.24 1,524.1 96.21 B9
HIP 22511 Eri 9.10 2,265.0 96.21 A0
HIP 35407 ◈ CMa 8.74 1,918.6 96.21 Ap Si
HIP 86557 Sco 7.92 1,315.1 96.21 M0III
HIP 31394 Car 7.61 1,140.4 96.21 K4III
HIP 9796 ◈ Ari 9.10 2,265.0 96.21 M0
HIP 22005 Ori 8.20 1,496.1 96.21 K0
HIP 8953 For 9.10 2,265.0 96.21 M0
HIP 81111 Oph 8.18 1,482.5 96.21 K0
HIP 12930 Per 8.17 1,475.8 96.21 A0
HIP 91130 ◈ Sgr 8.00 1,364.7 96.21 B2Vnne
HIP 110528 ◈ Aqr 8.20 1,496.1 96.21 M3III
HIP 23606 Tau 7.80 1,244.9 96.21 K0
HIP 104720 Aqr 8.25 1,531.2 96.21 G5
HIP 14036 Ari 5.93 526.1 96.21 K6
HIP 32172 Pup 8.00 1,364.7 96.21 B8IV
HIP 50307 Sex 7.81 1,249.6 96.12 B9
HIP 52960 Ant 7.34 1,006.7 96.12 A1/A2V
HIP 44378 Pyx 8.69 1,874.5 96.12 K1III
HIP 59875 Cen 9.85 3,197.6 96.12 G5
HIP 97681 ◈ Vul 7.76 1,221.6 96.12 B2V:nn
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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.