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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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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 27861 Ori 7.09 746.4 66.56 B9
HIP 12152 Per 8.62 1,510.0 66.56 B9III
HIP 11800 For 7.66 970.7 66.56 K1/K2III
HIP 69471 Dra 7.85 1,058.9 66.50 F0
HIP 61787 Mus 8.16 1,221.6 66.50 B8V
HIP 7843 Cet 8.26 1,279.0 66.50 G5
HIP 78695 Ser 8.16 1,221.6 66.50 M...
HIP 114278 And 7.40 860.6 66.50 K5
HIP 6195 Psc 7.90 1,083.6 66.50 K0
HIP 28322 Pic 6.82 658.9 66.50 B8V
HIP 26446 Ori 7.70 988.4 66.50 A2
HIP 25196 Pic 7.85 1,058.9 66.50 K0III
HIP 49473 Vel 9.74 2,528.3 66.50 G5
HIP 37806 Pup 7.70 988.4 66.50 F2III/IV
HIP 31951 Mon 8.81 1,647.3 66.50 B9
HIP 41304 Vol 7.74 1,006.7 66.50 K2III
HIP 28386 Lep 7.76 1,016.1 66.50 A1IV/V
HIP 99369 Sgr 8.02 1,144.4 66.44 K2III
HIP 107962 Aqr 6.62 600.7 66.44 A0
HIP 35546 Car 7.93 1,098.2 66.44 G8III
HIP 76564 TrA 8.97 1,772.6 66.44 K1III
HIP 77390 TrA 5.54 365.2 66.44 A5
HIP 73429 Aps 8.80 1,639.0 66.44 G8IV
HIP 73830 Lib 7.99 1,128.6 66.44 K0III
HIP 106690 ◈ Cyg 7.99 1,128.6 66.44 M4:IIIvar
HIP 52361 Hya 8.97 1,772.6 66.44 K3/K4III
HIP 103117 Aqr 7.99 1,128.6 66.44 G6III
HIP 62845 Cen 7.99 1,128.6 66.44 K2III/IV
Lam Nor Nor 5.44 348.8 66.44 A3Vn
HIP 65512 UMi 7.23 795.5 66.44 K0
HIP 1805 ◈ Cas 8.17 1,226.2 66.44 B0IV
HIP 5108 Cep 7.96 1,113.2 66.44 A0
HIP 52195 UMa 7.88 1,072.9 66.44 K0
HIP 85554 Dra 7.88 1,072.9 66.44 K5
HIP 9542 Per 8.42 1,376.2 66.44 A0
HIP 45806 Vel 7.99 1,128.6 66.44 K0III
HIP 69557 ◈ Cen 8.97 1,772.6 66.44 K1III/IV
HIP 16724 ◈ Per 7.60 942.6 66.37 B8Vp
HIP 48832 ◈ Car 8.89 1,707.6 66.37 B9IV
HIP 42053 Cnc 8.13 1,203.5 66.37 K2
HIP 65007 Cen 8.22 1,254.4 66.37 K0III
HIP 30670 Mon 6.88 676.7 66.37 G5
HIP 97122 Dra 5.90 430.9 66.37 A2III
HIP 80555 Her 7.39 856.1 66.37 K0
70 Gem Gem 5.58 371.9 66.37 K0III
HIP 85089 Dra 9.81 2,609.2 66.37 K2
HIP 117503 ◈ And 5.86 423.0 66.37 G1IIIe
HIP 30507 Aur 7.21 787.8 66.37 A0
HIP 107950 Ind 8.09 1,181.7 66.37 K3III
HIP 28859 Car 9.13 1,907.3 66.37 G8III:
HIP 83788 Oph 7.60 942.6 66.37 K4III
HIP 28274 Ori 7.34 836.3 66.37 K0
HIP 28049 Aur 9.40 2,160.0 66.37 B5
HIP 50177 Sex 8.09 1,181.7 66.37 K2
HIP 92693 Aql 8.13 1,203.5 66.37 A0
HIP 66680 Hya 8.78 1,622.7 66.31 K0III
HIP 20607 Eri 7.91 1,087.2 66.31 K0III
HIP 83038 Sco 8.45 1,393.8 66.31 F3V
HIP 104901 Ind 7.75 1,009.8 66.31 G6III
HIP 32398 Mon 6.78 645.9 66.31 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.