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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 53761 Dra 6.18 526.1 76.42 G9III
HIP 64298 Vir 8.49 1,524.1 76.42 K2
HIP 110532 Aqr 5.92 466.6 76.42 G6V
HIP 104955 Cyg 8.17 1,315.1 76.42 K5
HIP 12645 Per 8.48 1,517.0 76.42 Am
HIP 53098 Leo 8.83 1,782.3 76.42 K5
HIP 74883 Cir 8.89 1,832.3 76.42 B7/B8IV
HIP 112636 Peg 8.50 1,531.2 76.42 G5
HIP 115816 Scl 8.76 1,725.7 76.42 K3III
HIP 87 Psc 7.80 1,109.4 76.42 F5
HIP 84245 Aps 8.50 1,531.2 76.42 G6III
HIP 88265 Her 7.86 1,140.4 76.42 A0
HIP 70321 UMi 9.19 2,104.2 76.42 M0
HIP 89856 Ser 8.76 1,725.7 76.42 O9.5/B0Iab
HIP 21389 Pic 8.99 1,918.6 76.42 K1/K2III
HIP 63856 Cen 8.50 1,531.2 76.42 K0III
HIP 101659 Cep 7.86 1,140.4 76.42 A0
HIP 81119 Her 7.80 1,109.4 76.42 K3III
HIP 87667 Aps 7.51 970.7 76.42 G6/G8III
HIP 97820 Aql 8.51 1,538.5 76.42 B9
HIP 4717 ◈ Cas 8.44 1,489.3 76.42 Am
HIP 77351 Ser 7.80 1,109.4 76.42 K2
HIP 45469 Oct 8.40 1,462.6 76.42 M...
HIP 18196 Per 8.83 1,782.3 76.42 A0
HIP 38442 Gem 8.67 1,655.6 76.42 A0
HIP 27850 ◈ Tau 8.44 1,489.3 76.42 B1Vnne
HIP 53058 Crt 8.41 1,469.2 76.42 K0III
HIP 101701 Dra 8.46 1,503.0 76.42 M...
HIP 93067 Her 8.17 1,315.1 76.42 B9
HIP 97959 Cyg 7.83 1,124.7 76.42 M1III
HIP 51379 Vel 6.81 702.9 76.35 M0III
HIP 36461 Car 8.01 1,221.6 76.35 K3III
HIP 53474 Crt 7.38 913.6 76.35 K2
HIP 21465 Tau 7.32 888.7 76.35 A2
HIP 33706 Gem 7.59 1,006.7 76.35 G8III
HIP 43017 Vel 7.46 948.1 76.35 K1III
HIP 8721 For 7.97 1,199.1 76.35 A2/A3V
HIP 16820 Cam 7.21 845.0 76.35 K5II
4 Sco Sco 5.63 408.2 76.35 A3V
HIP 113318 Lac 9.59 2,528.3 76.35 A
21 Per ◈ Per 5.10 319.8 76.35 B9p...
HIP 73347 Cir 8.18 1,320.5 76.35 A3IV
HIP 44394 Vel 9.22 2,131.7 76.35 K0III
HIP 93550 Aql 9.84 2,836.1 76.35 B9
HIP 22791 Ori 8.11 1,279.0 76.35 K2
HIP 90129 Her 8.94 1,874.5 76.35 K0
HIP 95234 Cyg 8.06 1,249.6 76.35 A0
HIP 82245 Oph 7.08 795.5 76.28 K4III
HIP 23440 ◈ Cam 8.88 1,822.1 76.28 M...
HIP 116956 Cas 8.65 1,639.0 76.28 Ap...
HIP 11195 And 7.81 1,113.2 76.28 B9
HIP 29509 Ori 6.45 595.2 76.28 M...
HIP 9633 Cep 9.03 1,953.0 76.28 A
HIP 39140 Cnc 7.90 1,160.7 76.28 A0
HIP 47284 Hya 7.90 1,160.7 76.28 K2
HIP 96237 Tel 7.78 1,098.2 76.28 A1/A2IV/V
HIP 113882 Gru 8.93 1,863.7 76.21 K2III
HIP 36548 CMi 8.29 1,387.9 76.21 K2
HIP 41121 ◈ Pup 8.64 1,630.8 76.21 M3/M4III
HIP 79135 Sco 8.74 1,707.6 76.21 F0
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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.