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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
HIP 69623 Hya 6.10 551.9 90.53 A1V
HIP 99657 Cyg 8.78 1,896.3 90.53 K2
HIP 27661 ◈ Aur 6.28 599.6 90.53 M3III
HIP 74678 Boo 6.97 823.6 90.53 A0
HIP 94560 Lyr 8.04 1,347.8 90.45 K0
HIP 85091 Her 8.82 1,929.9 90.45 K2
HIP 97695 Aql 8.82 1,929.9 90.45 K2
HIP 72454 Cen 7.64 1,120.8 90.45 K4III
HIP 92419 Lyr 7.61 1,105.6 90.45 B8
HIP 83675 Oph 6.96 819.5 90.45 K2
HIP 108311 Peg 8.16 1,424.3 90.45 A2
HIP 30667 Mon 7.77 1,190.4 90.45 A0
HIP 46537 Vel 7.64 1,120.8 90.45 A2IV/V
113 Tau Tau 6.23 585.6 90.45 B2Vn
HIP 1315 Scl 7.34 976.5 90.45 K0III
HIP 99788 Vul 7.13 886.3 90.45 K5
HIP 9638 Eri 8.40 1,591.0 90.45 B9V
HIP 102123 Mic 8.72 1,842.7 90.36 K2III
HIP 65002 Cen 8.05 1,353.3 90.36 K1II
HIP 27091 Ori 6.95 815.4 90.36 G5
32Mu Ser Ser 3.54 169.6 90.36 A0V
HIP 13387 Hor 6.03 533.8 90.36 K1III
HIP 113840 Oct 8.77 1,885.3 90.36 R...
HIP 397 Cas 8.72 1,842.7 90.36 A0
HIP 381 Cas 8.72 1,842.7 90.36 A2
HIP 23429 Cae 7.05 853.8 90.36 K1III
HIP 104927 Mic 8.51 1,672.6 90.36 A9/F0V
HIP 60786 ◈ Cru 8.77 1,885.3 90.36 B8V
HIP 9827 Cet 6.29 601.8 90.36 K0
HIP 64155 CVn 8.72 1,842.7 90.36 F8
HIP 111519 Gru 8.66 1,792.1 90.36 K2III
HIP 85892 Her 7.01 838.4 90.36 K5
HIP 48194 Hya 8.72 1,842.7 90.36 F2/F3V
HIP 41200 Cnc 7.86 1,240.1 90.36 K0
HIP 114535 And 8.38 1,575.6 90.36 A0
HIP 111632 Ind 8.66 1,792.1 90.36 K1III
HIP 22102 Men 8.77 1,885.3 90.36 M1III
HIP 38230 Pup 8.18 1,436.8 90.36 B9V
HIP 43332 UMa 7.09 869.7 90.36 K0
HIP 33873 Mon 6.20 577.3 90.36 K0
HIP 76616 Lib 8.37 1,568.1 90.36 A5
HIP 91264 Lyr 8.19 1,443.2 90.28 G5
HIP 41410 Pup 7.92 1,274.0 90.28 A1IV/V+...
HIP 41954 Car 7.49 1,045.4 90.28 Ap SiLam4200
HIP 45936 Cnc 7.71 1,156.6 90.28 K0
Zet Aps Aps 4.76 297.3 90.28 K1III
HIP 85725 Ara 8.20 1,449.6 90.28 K2III
HIP 85237 Sco 6.14 561.4 90.28 Ap...
HIP 85616 Her 8.59 1,734.9 90.28 K2
HIP 36535 CMi 7.12 881.5 90.28 A2
HIP 48231 Hya 8.59 1,734.9 90.28 A4V+...
HIP 44582 Hya 9.11 2,203.8 90.28 B7/B8II
HIP 66421 Boo 9.62 2,787.7 90.28 G5
HIP 15282 Per 6.44 644.6 90.28 B9p
HIP 61887 CVn 7.78 1,194.7 90.28 K4V
HIP 61683 Cen 7.71 1,156.6 90.28 K0III
HIP 70189 Cen 9.11 2,203.8 90.28 M0III
HIP 97832 Cyg 7.92 1,274.0 90.28 A0
HIP 27846 Dor 7.71 1,156.6 90.28 A1/A2V
HIP 117675 Oct 9.23 2,329.7 90.28 K1:p...
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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.