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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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Brightest in our sky Nearest to the Sun Most luminous Stars with proper names Variable stars
StarConstellationMagnitude Distance (ly)Luminosity (Suns)Spectral type
HYG 119134 Her 10.40 20.6 0.00 M3.5
HIP 120005 UMa 7.70 20.8 0.03 K2
HYG 118865 Com 12.58 20.9 0.00 m
HYG 118399 Ori 14.45 21.1 0.00 DZ9
HIP 80459 Dra 10.13 21.3 0.00 M2
HYG 118812 Vir 13.81 21.3 0.00 dM e
HIP 114622 Cas 5.57 21.4 0.22 K3Vvar
HIP 53767 Leo 10.03 21.7 0.00 M3
HYG 118988 Boo 6.97 21.9 0.06 K4 Ve
HIP 106106 Peg 10.33 21.9 0.00 M4
37Xi Boo ◈ Boo 4.54 21.9 0.60 G8V + K4V
HIP 82809 Oph 11.73 21.9 0.00 M4
HYG 118530 Cnc 12.83 22.0 0.00 dM5
HIP 53020 Leo 11.64 22.0 0.00 M4:
HYG 119513 Tuc 11.45 22.2 0.00 m
HIP 85605 Her 11.39 22.2 0.00 —
HIP 84709 Sco 5.91 22.3 0.18 K4V
HIP 113296 Peg 8.68 22.3 0.01 M2:
HYG 118510 Vol 14.08 22.5 0.00 DQ9
HYG 119143 Sco 7.20 22.7 0.06 K5 V
HYG 119144 Sco 10.24 22.7 0.00 M2.5
HIP 103096 Cep 8.55 23.0 0.02 M2V
HIP 51317 Sex 9.65 23.0 0.01 M2
268 G. Cet Cet 5.79 23.4 0.22 K3V
HYG 118835 Cen 12.74 23.5 0.00 M4
HYG 118157 Cet 11.66 23.5 0.00 dM4.5
HYG 119571 Psc 14.69 23.5 0.00 M5
HYG 119212 Dra 13.48 23.8 0.00 m
HYG 119229 Her 12.40 24.0 0.00 k-m
HYG 119230 Her 14.00 24.0 0.00 m
HIP 83945 Her 11.77 24.3 0.00 M3
96 G. Psc Psc 5.74 24.3 0.24 K2V
HYG 119492 Aqr 13.25 24.3 0.00 M4
Bet Hyi Hyi 2.82 24.3 3.61 G2IV
HIP 12781 ◈ Ari 10.55 24.5 0.00 M3.5Ve
HIP 62951 Crv 8.51 24.6 0.02 A2
HYG 117987 Scl 15.42 24.6 0.00 M5.5
107 Psc Psc 5.24 24.6 0.40 K1V
HYG 119199 Ser 13.63 24.6 0.00 m
HYG 118043 Cas 11.00 24.6 0.00 —
30Mu Cas Cas 5.17 24.6 0.43 G5Vp
HYG 118405 Cam 11.71 24.7 0.00 m
HIP 113283 ◈ PsA 6.48 24.8 0.13 K4Vp
HYG 118187 Eri 11.80 24.9 0.00 M3
HYG 119616 Eri 10.96 24.9 0.00 M3
HIP 65859 Vir 9.05 25.0 0.01 M1V
Vega 3Alp Lyr Lyr 0.03 25.0 49.93 A0Vvar
HIP 85295 Oph 7.54 25.1 0.05 K7V
Fomalhaut 24Alp PsA PsA 1.17 25.1 17.59 A3V
HYG 118451 Cam 13.65 25.3 0.00 m
HYG 118455 Gem 14.83 25.3 0.00 m
HIP 88574 Ser 9.37 25.3 0.01 M2V
HIP 61874 Cen 12.24 25.4 0.00 M4
HYG 119615 Phe 13.05 25.4 0.00 DA5
p Eridani Eri 5.76 25.5 0.26 K0V
HIP 49986 ◈ Sex 9.26 25.7 0.01 M3
HYG 118894 CVn 11.95 25.9 0.00 M4 e
HYG 118400 Ori 14.10 26.1 0.00 DAP9
HIP 101180 Cep 10.54 26.1 0.00 M3
HIP 33499 Pup 10.81 26.1 0.00 M4+...
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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.