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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 17660 Hor 8.23 1,393.8 81.21 K2/K3III
HIP 83856 Her 8.74 1,763.0 81.21 A0
HIP 15988 ◈ Per 6.09 520.2 81.21 B7V
HIP 90764 Lyr 7.64 1,062.4 81.21 B9
HIP 86657 Her 8.56 1,622.7 81.21 K0
HIP 105380 Cep 7.64 1,062.4 81.21 A0
HIP 77932 Nor 7.11 832.0 81.21 B8V
HIP 10044 Per 8.80 1,812.0 81.21 A0
HIP 106829 Cap 7.20 867.4 81.21 K0III
HIP 39469 Cnc 8.13 1,331.2 81.21 A5
HIP 36851 Lyn 7.27 896.0 81.21 A3
HIP 56562 Cen 9.49 2,489.7 81.21 K0
HIP 21677 Tau 8.54 1,606.7 81.13 B9
HIP 55004 UMa 7.78 1,132.5 81.13 K2
HIP 46545 Leo 7.26 891.1 81.13 K0
HIP 39858 Cam 9.30 2,280.8 81.13 F
HIP 35094 Pup 7.67 1,076.4 81.13 K5/M0III
HIP 34554 Men 7.81 1,148.4 81.13 A0IV
HIP 37055 Pup 7.92 1,208.0 81.13 G8III
HIP 103282 Cyg 6.73 698.4 81.13 K4III
HIP 93643 Aql 8.14 1,336.7 81.13 B8
HIP 26569 Aur 6.85 737.9 81.13 G5
HIP 95906 Sge 8.25 1,405.8 81.13 K3III
HIP 69945 Vir 7.81 1,148.4 81.13 K2
HIP 26131 Col 9.85 2,938.3 81.13 K0
HIP 18816 Eri 7.26 891.1 81.13 K2III
HIP 68443 Boo 8.07 1,294.3 81.13 K0
49 Leo ◈ Leo 5.67 428.6 81.13 A2V
HIP 5013 Cas 7.04 805.3 81.13 G8II-III
HIP 86508 Sco 7.26 891.1 81.13 B4V
HIP 9574 Psc 8.07 1,294.3 81.13 K0
HIP 18535 Eri 8.99 1,976.7 81.13 K0III
HIP 95660 Vul 8.07 1,294.3 81.13 F2
HIP 58463 Hya 6.83 731.3 81.13 K5/M0III
HIP 45591 UMa 7.09 823.6 81.06 K0
HIP 65858 UMa 8.02 1,264.2 81.06 G5
HIP 73374 TrA 8.02 1,264.2 81.06 B6III:
HIP 77475 Aps 8.90 1,896.3 81.06 K2/K3III
HIP 10493 For 8.26 1,411.9 81.06 K0III
HIP 69868 Cen 7.29 903.5 81.06 B8II/III
HIP 103920 Cap 7.44 967.8 81.06 K0III
14Iot CrB CrB 4.98 311.8 81.06 A0p...
HIP 17974 Hor 8.85 1,853.2 81.06 K3/K4
57Sig Aqr Aqr 4.82 289.7 81.06 A0IVs
HIP 94450 Aql 7.58 1,032.1 81.06 K5
HIP 22732 Ori 8.85 1,853.2 81.06 A0
HIP 49775 UMa 8.08 1,299.4 81.06 K5
HIP 45754 Pyx 6.40 599.6 81.06 B8V
HIP 35298 Gem 6.75 704.4 81.06 B8
HIP 45531 Vel 7.70 1,090.8 81.06 A7:V+...
HIP 46553 Car 6.75 704.4 81.06 K0III
HIP 52579 LMi 8.73 1,753.5 81.06 G5
HIP 32771 Pup 6.54 639.5 81.06 K5III
HIP 37499 Gem 7.79 1,136.4 80.98 K0
HIP 41775 UMa 7.14 842.8 80.98 F8
HIP 39033 Car 7.34 924.0 80.98 B9II/III
HIP 94211 Lyr 8.28 1,424.3 80.98 K2
HIP 108403 Peg 8.94 1,929.9 80.98 A3
HIP 106462 Cyg 7.56 1,022.4 80.98 A0
HIP 96523 Vul 7.46 976.5 80.98 G8III
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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.