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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 59909 Cha 9.10 2,160.0 87.50 M0
HIP 38909 Pup 7.22 908.5 87.50 K2III
HIP 103584 Del 8.05 1,331.2 87.42 A3
HIP 40812 Pup 9.03 2,090.7 87.42 B8/B9III/IV
64Nu Oph Oph 3.32 150.7 87.42 K0III
HIP 31056 Col 6.19 565.3 87.42 K3III
HIP 114839 Ind 8.15 1,393.8 87.42 K0III
HIP 87847 Oph 5.44 400.2 87.42 G9III
HIP 3798 Psc 7.93 1,259.3 87.42 B9
HIP 3449 Cas 9.89 3,106.2 87.42 B8
HIP 66435 UMi 5.50 411.3 87.42 K2III
HIP 12900 Hor 7.19 896.0 87.42 K3/K4III
HIP 65310 Vir 8.66 1,763.0 87.42 K2III
HIP 28310 Col 7.93 1,259.3 87.42 K0III
HIP 101488 Cyg 7.41 991.4 87.42 K2
HIP 18382 Eri 7.43 1,000.5 87.42 K2/K3III
HIP 81227 Nor 9.03 2,090.7 87.42 B8II/III
HIP 16473 Per 7.27 929.2 87.34 B9
HIP 95623 Sgr 7.80 1,186.0 87.34 A2IV/V
HIP 99381 ◈ Cep 7.59 1,076.4 87.34 M0
HIP 1849 Scl 6.81 751.5 87.34 M2III
HIP 63868 Cen 9.16 2,218.7 87.34 K2/K3IV/V
HIP 72466 Boo 7.80 1,186.0 87.34 K2
HIP 31835 Aur 8.58 1,698.7 87.34 G5
HIP 82166 Dra 6.80 748.1 87.34 K5
HIP 66902 Cen 9.22 2,280.8 87.34 K0
HIP 65516 Vir 9.83 3,020.0 87.34 K0
HIP 34835 Cam 7.80 1,186.0 87.34 A0
HIP 52674 Cha 9.19 2,249.4 87.34 K0
HIP 87630 Dra 7.99 1,294.3 87.34 K2
HIP 38698 Car 9.22 2,280.8 87.34 —
HIP 19220 Ret 8.91 1,976.7 87.34 K1III
HIP 100808 Cyg 6.38 616.6 87.34 B9V
HIP 99442 Pav 8.65 1,753.5 87.26 G8III
HIP 43612 Hya 8.65 1,753.5 87.26 A0
HIP 49957 Vel 7.36 967.8 87.26 B9III/IV
HIP 24467 Ori 8.77 1,853.2 87.26 B8
HIP 97374 Cyg 8.95 2,013.3 87.26 B8
HIP 106978 Ind 6.20 567.2 87.26 F7III
HIP 88507 Ara 8.71 1,802.0 87.26 K0III
HIP 53035 Sex 5.95 505.7 87.26 K2
HIP 28554 Col 9.33 2,398.2 87.26 G8III:
HIP 28152 Aur 7.21 903.5 87.26 K5
HIP 10075 Eri 8.07 1,342.2 87.26 G8III
HIP 5038 ◈ Tuc 8.95 2,013.3 87.26 M2/M3III
HIP 53469 Vel 7.94 1,264.2 87.26 K3III
HIP 8017 Tri 7.57 1,065.9 87.18 K2
HIP 7950 Eri 7.81 1,190.4 87.18 K2III
HIP 112693 Aqr 6.93 793.6 87.18 K3III
HIP 107637 Cyg 6.25 580.3 87.18 K5
HIP 23203 ◈ Lep 8.08 1,347.8 87.18 C76e
HIP 97426 Vul 7.57 1,065.9 87.18 A0
HIP 102100 Cyg 7.71 1,136.4 87.18 K0
HIP 89486 Sgr 6.94 797.4 87.18 B9V
77 Cet Cet 5.74 458.7 87.18 K4III
HIP 96282 Aql 7.06 842.8 87.18 K0
HIP 98611 Cyg 7.71 1,136.4 87.18 A0
HIP 54749 Crt 6.39 618.9 87.18 K3III
HIP 34518 CMi 7.23 911.1 87.18 G9III
HIP 99666 Tel 6.47 642.0 87.18 K2III
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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.