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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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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
102Ups Vir Vir 5.14 261.6 49.25 G9III
6Mu CrB CrB 5.14 618.9 275.68 M2III
Xi 1Lup Lup 5.14 138.2 13.74 A3V
39Omi Oph Oph 5.14 294.9 62.57 K:...
Ome Pav Pav 5.14 563.3 228.45 K1III-IV
21 Aql ◈ Aql 5.14 710.6 363.41 B8II-III
4 Vul Vul 5.14 271.6 53.06 K0III
23 Cyg Cyg 5.14 633.3 288.67 B5V
35 Cyg Cyg 5.14 3,166.6 7,217.72 F5Ib
Ups Pav Pav 5.14 785.9 444.63 B8Vvar
82 Psc Psc 5.15 480.3 164.59 F0V
Chi Phe Phe 5.15 375.3 100.46 K5III
14 Tri Tri 5.15 433.1 133.78 K5III
HIP 29895 CMa 5.15 618.9 273.15 K1III
HIP 37946 ◈ Lyn 5.15 433.1 133.78 M3III
HIP 42834 Vel 5.15 1,853.2 2,447.94 B0IIIn
35 Lyn Lyn 5.15 265.0 50.07 K0III
11Sig1UMa UMa 5.15 521.0 193.55 K5III
27 UMa UMa 5.15 478.2 163.08 K0III
HIP 50083 Car 5.15 307.7 67.48 Am
HIP 54360 ◈ Cen 5.15 274.3 53.65 Ap SrCrEu
HIP 56754 Cen 5.15 285.1 57.97 B9IV
HIP 58803 Cen 5.15 82.6 4.87 F6V
Zet2Mus Mus 5.15 329.8 77.55 Am
49 Vir Vir 5.15 307.4 67.36 K2III
HIP 67244 Cen 5.15 436.6 135.89 A0V
54 Hya Hya 5.15 98.8 6.96 F0V + G/K
8Alp1Lib Lib 5.15 74.9 4.01 F3V
HIP 74605 UMi 5.15 82.7 4.87 F9IV
HIP 74707 Lup 5.15 1,763.0 2,216.15 F:+...
10 Ser Ser 5.15 129.6 11.98 A8IV
43 Her Her 5.15 354.1 89.45 K5III
25 Cyg ◈ Cyg 5.15 1,320.5 1,243.94 B3IV
1 Aqr Aqr 5.15 233.1 38.76 K1III
15Ups Cap Cap 5.15 580.3 240.10 M1III
12Gam1Del Del 5.15 123.8 10.92 A2Ia+...
59 Peg Peg 5.15 242.3 41.88 A5Vn
27Rho And And 5.16 158.3 17.72 F5III
9 Per ◈ Per 5.16 — 75,162,289 A2Ia
HIP 13717 Eri 5.16 186.5 24.57 A3Vn
29 Per Per 5.16 637.0 286.81 B3V
HIP 27621 Pic 5.16 256.4 46.47 G8III
HIP 31084 CMa 5.16 366.5 94.89 K1III
9 Pup Pup 5.16 53.8 2.05 G2V
HIP 40429 Car 5.16 252.8 45.16 A+...
Nahn 77Xi Cnc Cnc 5.16 373.2 98.36 K0III
37 UMa UMa 5.16 86.5 5.29 F1V
90 Vir Vir 5.16 246.5 42.93 K2III
Eta Cir Cir 5.16 275.9 53.80 G8III
9Tau1Ser Ser 5.16 689.5 336.05 M1III
HIP 76243 Lib 5.16 399.2 112.62 B6IV
HIP 90887 CrA 5.16 229.2 37.12 A3V
10Bet Equ Equ 5.16 330.8 77.34 A3V
42 Cap ◈ Cap 5.16 108.4 8.30 G2V
49Sig Peg Peg 5.16 89.0 5.59 F7IV
HIP 2381 Cet 5.17 173.2 21.01 A3V
19Phi2Cet Cet 5.17 51.4 1.85 F7IV-V
30Mu Cas Cas 5.17 24.6 0.43 G5Vp
HIP 12273 Cas 5.17 255.8 45.79 G8III
38 Ari ◈ Ari 5.17 118.5 9.84 A7III-IV
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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.