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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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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 82946 Her 7.84 1,199.1 86.06 K2
HIP 49394 Vel 6.23 571.2 86.06 B8/B9III
HIP 30369 Aur 9.02 2,064.3 86.06 K0
HIP 89200 Pav 7.48 1,016.1 86.06 K2/K3III
HIP 103775 Cyg 7.98 1,279.0 86.06 B8
HIP 39702 Pup 9.02 2,064.3 86.06 K0
HIP 38265 CMi 7.62 1,083.6 86.06 B9
HIP 37375 Pup 6.43 626.0 85.98 K2
HIP 59155 Cen 7.74 1,144.4 85.98 K1III/IV
HIP 37477 Pup 7.65 1,098.2 85.98 B6III
HIP 20996 Cam 8.62 1,716.6 85.98 K7
35 Cnc Cnc 6.55 661.6 85.98 G0III
HIP 107760 Peg 7.89 1,226.2 85.98 A0
53 Dra Dra 5.13 344.0 85.98 G8III
HIP 78431 CrB 7.07 840.6 85.98 K0
HIP 161 And 8.98 2,025.8 85.98 K5
HIP 69637 Hya 8.94 1,988.8 85.98 K1/K2III
HIP 117027 Aqr 8.80 1,863.7 85.90 G5
HIP 71105 Lup 7.27 921.3 85.90 B9III
HIP 96709 Cyg 7.51 1,028.9 85.90 A0
HIP 100447 Cyg 7.01 817.4 85.90 A0
HIP 109107 Ind 7.51 1,028.9 85.90 G8III
42 LMi LMi 5.36 382.4 85.90 A1Vn
HIP 68828 CVn 8.06 1,325.8 85.90 K0
HIP 79199 Sco 5.50 407.7 85.90 B8V
HIP 33811 Pup 8.80 1,863.7 85.90 G5IV
HIP 57330 Vir 8.51 1,630.8 85.90 K0
HIP 37685 Gem 7.27 921.3 85.90 F0
Meleph 41Eps Cnc Cnc 6.29 586.6 85.90 Am
HIP 52592 Leo 8.51 1,630.8 85.90 G5
HIP 21013 Tau 7.18 883.9 85.90 B8III
HIP 39927 Mon 7.53 1,038.7 85.90 M...
HIP 37634 CMi 6.50 645.9 85.82 K0
HIP 40466 Pup 8.00 1,289.2 85.82 G3V
HIP 35023 Mon 9.15 2,189.0 85.82 B8V
HIP 41730 Vel 7.05 832.0 85.82 B8V
HIP 117439 ◈ Aqr 9.38 2,434.0 85.82 F0
33Pi Cep Cep 4.41 246.7 85.82 G2III
HIP 101373 Mic 8.07 1,331.2 85.82 B8IV/V
HIP 62464 Mus 8.68 1,763.0 85.82 B9III
HIP 14463 For 7.14 867.4 85.82 K3III
HIP 79714 UMi 9.05 2,090.7 85.82 K0
HIP 26721 Pic 7.58 1,062.4 85.82 A3V
HIP 90815 ◈ Pav 8.00 1,289.2 85.82 B8III
HIP 17811 Per 8.60 1,698.7 85.74 A0
HIP 100274 Del 6.17 554.7 85.74 G8III
HIP 9540 Hyi 6.89 772.9 85.74 K2III
HIP 15974 Oct 9.18 2,218.7 85.74 F0V
HIP 87559 Oph 6.86 762.0 85.74 K0
HIP 1879 And 7.61 1,076.4 85.74 G9III
HIP 107323 Ind 6.88 769.2 85.74 M2IIIp
HIP 12567 Cas 7.61 1,076.4 85.74 B8
HIP 99806 Sgr 8.18 1,399.8 85.74 A7V
HIP 21323 Tau 5.88 485.4 85.74 B9p...
HIP 66735 UMa 6.88 769.2 85.74 K0
HIP 96991 Cyg 8.60 1,698.7 85.74 B9
HIP 63804 CVn 7.72 1,132.5 85.74 G8V
HIP 117825 Oct 6.79 737.9 85.74 M0III
HIP 113077 Gru 8.93 1,976.7 85.74 A1V
HIP 38761 Gem 6.81 744.6 85.74 B8
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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.