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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 26858 Lep 7.40 903.5 73.25 G5III/IV
HIP 59719 Cen 7.55 967.8 73.25 K0II/III
HIP 38557 Mon 8.76 1,689.9 73.25 B9
HIP 78273 Nor 8.90 1,802.0 73.25 G7IV
HIP 3276 Psc 8.84 1,753.5 73.25 K0
HIP 115933 Tuc 8.76 1,689.9 73.25 K3III
HIP 115434 And 9.25 2,117.9 73.25 K2
HIP 10177 Hyi 8.90 1,802.0 73.25 K2III
HIP 44456 Cnc 8.08 1,235.4 73.25 G5
HIP 70832 ◈ Cen 8.76 1,689.9 73.25 M3
HIP 115081 Aqr 9.25 2,117.9 73.25 F6V
HIP 31647 Pup 8.08 1,235.4 73.25 B8V
HIP 86176 Her 7.69 1,032.1 73.25 A0
HIP 41438 Pyx 6.80 685.2 73.25 G0III/IV
HIP 107505 Gru 8.64 1,598.8 73.25 K0III
HIP 99995 Del 7.48 937.2 73.25 B9
HIP 55086 UMa 5.88 448.6 73.25 K0III:
HIP 34670 Pup 5.12 316.0 73.25 K2III
HIP 21732 Tau 8.26 1,342.2 73.25 G5
HIP 110022 PsA 7.93 1,152.5 73.18 K0III
HIP 114312 Peg 8.83 1,744.1 73.18 A2
HIP 60017 Cru 8.39 1,424.3 73.18 G8III
HIP 87249 Her 7.76 1,065.9 73.18 K0
HIP 38964 Car 7.84 1,105.6 73.18 G8III
HIP 91744 Pav 7.25 842.8 73.18 B9V
HIP 67504 CVn 7.50 945.4 73.18 K3III
HIP 46319 Vel 7.50 945.4 73.18 A1IV
HIP 82615 Her 7.59 985.4 73.18 A0
HIP 26683 Ori 7.67 1,022.4 73.18 B3Vn
HIP 86780 Ara 7.65 1,012.9 73.18 K1III
43 Cas ◈ Cas 5.57 388.7 73.18 A0p SiSr
HIP 66808 Boo 9.05 1,929.9 73.18 K5
HIP 5228 Hyi 7.59 985.4 73.18 K2III
HIP 54174 Car 8.04 1,212.5 73.18 B8
HIP 99568 ◈ Sgr 8.27 1,347.8 73.18 M2/M3III
HIP 55763 Cen 5.87 446.2 73.11 M3III
HIP 8828 Phe 9.62 2,508.9 73.11 K2/K3III
HIP 112996 Gru 9.31 2,174.4 73.11 M0
HIP 108275 Cep 9.00 1,885.3 73.11 B8
HIP 85676 ◈ Sco 8.28 1,353.3 73.11 G8III: + A2V
HIP 12398 Per 8.20 1,304.6 73.11 B9
HIP 1331 Cet 6.50 596.3 73.11 B6III/IV
6 Tri ◈ Tri 4.94 290.7 73.11 F5V comp SB
HIP 77167 Lup 8.61 1,575.6 73.11 F2III/IV
HIP 73210 Boo 8.60 1,568.1 73.11 G5
HIP 53975 Crt 7.32 869.7 73.11 K5
HIP 20127 Eri 7.79 1,080.0 73.11 G5
HIP 66040 CVn 8.74 1,672.6 73.11 K0III
HIP 33728 Pup 6.56 613.1 73.11 G5III
HIP 35683 Pup 8.43 1,449.6 73.05 B4V
HIP 43605 Car 8.43 1,449.6 73.05 G6/G8III
HIP 79098 Sco 5.86 443.7 73.05 B9V
3Iot Lep Lep 4.45 231.8 73.05 B8V
HIP 107737 Cyg 8.29 1,359.0 73.05 K2
HIP 46965 UMa 8.15 1,274.0 73.05 K2
HIP 19577 Hor 7.07 774.7 73.05 K0III
HIP 52861 Car 8.29 1,359.0 73.05 B8V
HIP 111551 Aqr 7.54 962.1 73.05 K4III
HIP 427 Phe 8.73 1,664.1 73.05 K1III
HIP 112905 Lac 7.07 774.7 73.05 A0
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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.