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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 22936 Cam 5.75 423.0 73.45 A2Vs
HIP 23539 Ori 6.73 664.3 73.45 K0
HIP 22097 Eri 8.32 1,382.0 73.45 K3III
HIP 614 And 9.29 2,160.0 73.45 K0
HIP 28807 Cam 8.23 1,325.8 73.45 A0
HIP 83531 Her 8.33 1,387.9 73.45 K2
HIP 18726 Hor 9.02 1,907.3 73.45 K2/K3III
HIP 55684 Mus 8.23 1,325.8 73.45 K3III
HIP 51646 Car 8.32 1,382.0 73.45 B9.5V
Piautos 19Lam Cnc Cnc 5.92 457.4 73.45 B9.5V
HIP 42329 Vol 8.11 1,254.4 73.45 K1III
HIP 45338 Vel 8.68 1,630.8 73.45 B7V
HIP 92743 Ser 8.68 1,630.8 73.45 K5
HIP 99602 Aql 8.32 1,382.0 73.45 K0
HIP 114026 Peg 7.18 817.4 73.45 M2III
HIP 105387 Aqr 8.07 1,230.8 73.38 K0
HIP 40231 Cnc 6.03 481.1 73.38 G8III
HIP 53798 UMa 6.41 573.2 73.38 G9III
HIP 21441 Per 8.67 1,622.7 73.38 A0
HIP 49093 Vel 8.12 1,259.3 73.38 A0V
HIP 49892 Car 6.83 695.4 73.38 K2III
HIP 67908 Vir 6.61 628.4 73.38 G8/K0III
HIP 81198 Sco 6.43 578.3 73.38 K2/K3III
HIP 45242 Vel 6.27 537.3 73.38 K2III
HIP 82566 Her 7.51 950.9 73.38 K5
HIP 95204 Sge 7.07 776.6 73.38 A0
HIP 72647 Aps 8.85 1,763.0 73.38 B9IV
HIP 82879 Ara 6.78 679.5 73.38 A0IIIp: (Si)
HIP 105770 Cyg 7.27 851.6 73.38 A0
HIP 52010 Hya 8.91 1,812.0 73.38 F3IV/V
HIP 23250 Eri 7.83 1,101.9 73.38 B9
HIP 72909 Cir 7.60 991.4 73.38 B7/B8IV/V
HIP 114600 Aqr 7.00 751.5 73.32 K0
HIP 96272 Pav 7.92 1,148.4 73.32 K0III
HIP 104174 Mic 5.20 328.1 73.32 K2III
HIP 3670 Cet 7.99 1,186.0 73.32 G5
HIP 45544 Vel 5.31 345.1 73.32 K2III
HIP 49914 LMi 9.10 1,976.7 73.32 K0
HIP 6784 Cas 9.18 2,051.3 73.32 A
HIP 58092 Cen 7.43 916.2 73.32 K1/K2III
HIP 90241 ◈ Sgr 8.65 1,606.7 73.32 F7/F8II
HIP 65768 CVn 7.06 772.9 73.32 F5
HIP 2879 Tuc 9.10 1,976.7 73.32 K3III:
HIP 51118 Hya 8.25 1,336.7 73.32 K0III
HIP 81376 ◈ Ara 6.84 698.4 73.32 M2/M3III
HIP 24491 Aur 8.65 1,606.7 73.32 K0
HIP 20923 Cae 8.77 1,698.7 73.32 K0IV
HIP 18591 Eri 10.04 3,048.2 73.32 —
HIP 38869 Cam 7.16 809.3 73.32 K2
HIP 36916 Lyn 9.06 1,941.4 73.32 A0
HIP 47173 Leo 6.96 737.9 73.32 K2III
HIP 40535 Lyn 8.36 1,405.8 73.32 G8III-IV
HIP 43179 Vel 6.96 737.9 73.32 B2V
HIP 58217 UMa 7.04 765.6 73.32 G9II-III
HIP 39484 Cam 7.92 1,148.4 73.32 K0
HIP 99849 Aql 6.85 701.4 73.32 A2
HIP 109534 Cep 8.18 1,294.3 73.32 A0
HIP 106215 Cyg 6.96 737.9 73.32 A5
HIP 91485 Lyr 9.06 1,941.4 73.32 K0
HIP 85539 Her 7.78 1,076.4 73.32 K5
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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.