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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 12488 Per 7.06 805.3 79.65 K2III
HIP 101746 Aql 6.21 544.5 79.65 B8IIIp
HIP 11567 Cet 7.77 1,117.0 79.65 M1III
HIP 2613 Cas 9.29 2,249.4 79.65 B8
HIP 86476 Oph 6.08 512.8 79.65 K2.5Ib
HIP 42058 Cnc 7.44 959.3 79.65 K1III
HIP 57116 Vir 7.77 1,117.0 79.65 K2
HIP 22210 Per 8.68 1,698.7 79.65 K0
HIP 80095 Dra 8.55 1,598.8 79.58 K2
HIP 4279 ◈ Cas 8.87 1,853.2 79.58 F0Ia
HIP 117521 Phe 9.72 2,740.8 79.58 G5III/IV
HIP 1656 And 7.39 937.2 79.58 K5III
HIP 99573 Cyg 7.99 1,235.4 79.58 K2
HIP 9418 Hyi 9.16 2,117.9 79.58 K2/K3III/IV
HIP 620 Oct 7.39 937.2 79.58 B9IV
HIP 91598 Sct 7.60 1,032.1 79.58 K0II-III
HIP 86348 Her 8.75 1,753.5 79.58 K5
HIP 106941 Cep 8.87 1,853.2 79.58 A0
HIP 37351 CMi 8.17 1,342.2 79.58 A0
HIP 18206 Eri 8.17 1,342.2 79.58 G8III
HIP 116757 Cep 7.99 1,235.4 79.58 K5
HIP 85946 Ser 9.43 2,398.2 79.58 K0
HIP 103012 Cyg 7.39 937.2 79.58 A2
HIP 106240 Cyg 7.54 1,003.6 79.51 K2III
HIP 44384 Cnc 9.19 2,145.8 79.51 K0
HIP 117560 Phe 9.40 2,363.4 79.51 K0III:
HIP 28592 Cam 7.10 819.5 79.51 K0
HIP 39806 Lyn 7.58 1,022.4 79.51 K0
HIP 94040 Sgr 6.57 642.0 79.51 K3III
HIP 35059 CMa 8.30 1,424.3 79.51 B5V
HIP 98426 Pav 7.52 994.4 79.51 K4III
HIP 45224 Lyn 8.54 1,591.0 79.51 G5
HIP 54850 UMa 7.41 945.4 79.51 K0
HIP 44732 Car 8.30 1,424.3 79.51 K2III
HIP 74796 Ser 9.58 2,568.2 79.51 G0
HIP 111957 ◈ Peg 7.84 1,152.5 79.51 M...
HIP 95095 Vul 7.84 1,152.5 79.51 K0
HIP 53216 LMi 9.19 2,145.8 79.51 K2
HIP 9015 For 8.18 1,347.8 79.51 K5/M0III
HIP 5044 Cas 9.58 2,568.2 79.51 K0
HIP 96629 Aql 8.30 1,424.3 79.51 K5
HIP 61988 CVn 9.65 2,651.7 79.43 G8III
HIP 90038 CrA 7.70 1,080.0 79.43 G8III
HIP 57569 ◈ Cen 8.86 1,842.7 79.43 B1Vne
HIP 86980 Oph 8.31 1,430.5 79.43 G5
HIP 6657 Hyi 8.80 1,792.1 79.43 K2III
HIP 12686 Per 5.85 460.7 79.43 K0II-III
HIP 9736 And 8.91 1,885.3 79.43 A2
HIP 44528 Car 8.86 1,842.7 79.43 B7/B8V
HIP 50511 Vel 8.52 1,575.6 79.43 G8III
HIP 106404 PsA 8.32 1,436.8 79.43 K0III
HIP 20119 Cam 8.00 1,240.1 79.43 G5
HIP 91105 Sct 5.12 329.1 79.43 G8III
HIP 21903 Cam 7.96 1,217.0 79.36 A0
HIP 100732 ◈ Sgr 7.45 962.1 79.36 M2/M3III
HIP 16016 Eri 8.64 1,664.1 79.36 K2
HIP 114701 Ind 8.50 1,560.6 79.36 K2/K3III
HIP 64871 Mus 8.35 1,456.1 79.36 Ap...
HIP 104683 Mic 7.92 1,194.7 79.36 K2III
HIP 31594 Col 8.50 1,560.6 79.36 K1
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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.