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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 117852 And 8.42 1,630.8 93.33 B9
HIP 69869 Hya 8.76 1,907.3 93.33 K3III
HIP 4550 Cas 6.97 836.3 93.33 B9
HIP 29717 CMa 7.97 1,325.8 93.33 B9V
HIP 62879 Vir 9.03 2,160.0 93.33 K2
HIP 95043 Sgr 8.76 1,907.3 93.33 K5/M0III
HIP 89362 Her 6.84 787.8 93.33 K1III
HIP 100738 Sgr 5.86 501.8 93.33 G8II/III
HIP 95581 Cyg 7.57 1,101.9 93.24 A2
HIP 15871 Per 7.36 1,000.5 93.24 K5
HIP 39773 Vel 6.66 724.8 93.24 B8V
HIP 53433 Hya 7.34 991.4 93.24 A0V
Xi Col Col 4.97 332.8 93.24 K1IIICN...
HIP 116452 Scl 7.69 1,164.8 93.24 G8III
HIP 47262 Leo 7.91 1,289.2 93.24 G5
HIP 4713 Cas 7.12 896.0 93.24 A3
60 Sgr Sgr 4.84 313.3 93.15 G8II/III
HIP 58221 Leo 6.74 751.5 93.15 K0
HIP 92375 Pav 7.92 1,294.3 93.15 Ap...
HIP 41026 Car 9.12 2,249.4 93.15 G3III
HIP 71801 Boo 7.99 1,336.7 93.15 M...
HIP 48964 Hya 6.70 737.9 93.15 K3/K4III
HIP 83112 Ara 7.92 1,294.3 93.15 B8/B9V
HIP 93924 Lyr 9.09 2,218.7 93.15 A0
HIP 81645 ◈ Sco 7.92 1,294.3 93.15 B4II/III
HIP 110898 Lac 9.76 3,020.0 93.15 B9
HIP 38566 Lyn 8.09 1,399.8 93.15 K0
56 Aqr Aqr 6.36 630.9 93.15 B8II
HIP 91478 Sgr 9.74 2,992.3 93.15 F0
HIP 58281 UMa 8.80 1,941.4 93.15 K1III
HIP 114150 Gru 8.10 1,405.8 93.15 K2III
HIP 41653 Car 6.36 630.9 93.15 G0V
HIP 111049 Oct 6.80 772.9 93.15 K3III
HIP 109591 Lac 6.70 737.9 93.15 A0
HIP 31093 CMa 8.80 1,941.4 93.15 B9V
HIP 116292 And 6.25 599.6 93.07 G8II
HIP 44643 Vel 8.58 1,753.5 93.07 A0V
HIP 44414 Cnc 7.93 1,299.4 93.07 G6IV
HIP 32896 Gem 7.29 967.8 93.07 K5
HIP 60132 Hya 6.60 704.4 93.07 K2III
HIP 37043 Pup 5.69 463.3 93.07 B9V
HIP 87303 Ara 8.38 1,598.8 93.07 K0III
HIP 80693 Oph 5.41 407.2 93.07 K4IIIp
HIP 1381 Cas 7.93 1,299.4 93.07 B9
HIP 17889 ◈ Hor 7.45 1,042.0 93.07 M5/M6III
HIP 102601 Aqr 7.22 937.2 93.07 K4III
HIP 95383 Pav 7.82 1,235.4 93.07 B8/B9IV/V
HIP 117859 Aqr 9.31 2,452.3 92.98 K0
101 Aqr Aqr 4.70 293.6 92.98 A0V
HIP 67748 Cen 7.61 1,120.8 92.98 B8/B9III
HIP 71678 Cen 7.61 1,120.8 92.98 K2/K3III
HIP 63752 ◈ Vir 7.41 1,022.4 92.98 M4.5III:
HIP 105550 Aqr 6.93 819.5 92.98 K5
HIP 52783 Dra 8.49 1,681.2 92.98 K0
HIP 38932 Gem 7.74 1,190.4 92.98 K0
HIP 53223 Crt 8.37 1,591.0 92.98 F7V
HIP 90206 Pav 7.41 1,022.4 92.98 B7III
30 Vul Vul 4.92 324.9 92.98 K2III
HIP 37773 Vol 6.37 633.3 92.98 G6/G8III
22 LMi LMi 6.47 662.9 92.90 G8III
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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.