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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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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 80917 Her 7.97 1,259.3 84.26 G8II
HIP 37346 Lyn 7.23 896.0 84.26 A2
HIP 62206 Vir 7.60 1,062.4 84.26 K0
HIP 96372 Aql 8.02 1,289.2 84.26 B9
HIP 5408 Psc 8.09 1,331.2 84.26 K2
HIP 78218 CrB 9.40 2,434.0 84.26 K0
HIP 111296 Peg 6.35 597.4 84.26 K0
HIP 73534 Cen 8.09 1,331.2 84.26 K3III
HIP 48663 ◈ Car 9.40 2,434.0 84.26 F8II
HIP 65417 Vir 6.44 622.4 84.18 K0III
93Tau Vir Vir 4.23 224.9 84.18 A3V
HIP 7591 Phe 7.58 1,052.1 84.18 G8III
HIP 56346 UMa 7.22 891.1 84.18 K2
HIP 15554 Cam 7.15 862.8 84.18 K0
HIP 38099 CMi 8.20 1,399.8 84.18 A0
HIP 92537 Lyr 7.28 916.2 84.18 A0
HIP 87255 ◈ Sco 8.20 1,399.8 84.18 M3/M4III:
HIP 51739 Ant 6.90 769.2 84.18 A0IV
HIP 112764 Gru 8.03 1,294.3 84.18 K3III
HIP 102092 Mic 5.75 453.0 84.18 M1III
HIP 73089 Cen 8.86 1,896.3 84.10 K1III
HIP 42193 Cnc 7.40 967.8 84.10 A0
HIP 38706 Cam 8.69 1,753.5 84.10 K5
HIP 35901 CMa 7.81 1,169.0 84.10 K
HIP 103351 Aqr 9.10 2,117.9 84.10 K5
HIP 3642 Psc 8.49 1,598.8 84.10 B8
HIP 96399 Tel 6.71 704.4 84.10 M4/M5III
HIP 36986 Pup 6.40 610.8 84.10 K1II
HIP 89453 Sgr 7.54 1,032.1 84.10 B7III
HIP 83314 Her 7.93 1,235.4 84.10 K5
HIP 17957 Eri 7.75 1,136.4 84.02 K0
HIP 101090 Cap 6.13 539.1 84.02 K5III
HIP 101561 Cyg 7.48 1,003.6 84.02 K5
HIP 114929 Cas 9.06 2,077.4 84.02 F2V
HIP 15222 Per 9.52 2,568.2 84.02 A0
HIP 1756 Cep 7.61 1,065.9 84.02 K2
HIP 72995 Cir 6.97 793.6 84.02 B9IV/V
HIP 92668 Lyr 7.21 886.3 84.02 K0
HIP 35166 CMa 7.69 1,105.6 84.02 B8/B9IV
HIP 50769 Car 7.85 1,190.4 84.02 F2II
HIP 118315 Cet 8.47 1,583.3 84.02 K0III
HIP 37586 Pup 8.47 1,583.3 84.02 K3III
HIP 32652 Cam 9.13 2,145.8 84.02 A1III
HIP 46573 Car 8.90 1,929.9 84.02 G5
HIP 48975 Vel 6.72 707.5 84.02 B8/B9V
HIP 109963 Lac 8.13 1,353.3 83.95 K0
HIP 40826 Pup 7.59 1,055.5 83.95 A0III
HIP 17805 Eri 5.91 486.8 83.95 K3III
HIP 89065 Oph 5.50 403.2 83.95 K2III
HIP 73870 Lup 8.05 1,304.6 83.95 K2III
HIP 80498 Her 8.85 1,885.3 83.95 K0
HIP 80210 Aps 7.99 1,269.1 83.95 G0II/III
HIP 91771 Tel 8.45 1,568.1 83.95 G8III
HIP 76319 Ser 8.13 1,353.3 83.95 G5
HIP 336 ◈ Cas 7.59 1,055.5 83.95 K5
HIP 60872 Cru 8.94 1,964.8 83.87 A3/A4IV/V
HIP 14292 Ari 7.29 918.7 83.87 K0
HIP 15334 Per 5.97 500.2 83.87 A2IV
HIP 68239 Hya 7.23 893.6 83.87 K2III
HIP 62425 CVn 9.02 2,038.5 83.87 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.