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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
31 UMa UMa 5.27 208.0 27.62 A3III
HIP 50070 ◈ Vel 5.27 169.3 18.30 A7V
HIP 51313 Car 5.27 2,651.7 4,487.45 K3Ib
HIP 57477 UMa 5.27 215.6 29.68 K3III
HIP 62027 ◈ Cru 5.27 1,217.0 945.37 B2pe
68 Vir Vir 5.27 440.2 123.71 K5III
12 Lib Lib 5.27 417.1 111.07 K2/K3III
Del2Aps Aps 5.27 613.1 239.88 K3III
59 Her Her 5.27 322.3 66.31 A3IV
Eps2Ara Ara 5.27 88.8 5.04 F6V
11 Aql Aql 5.27 157.9 15.92 F8V
HIP 99968 Cyg 5.27 1,575.6 1,584.89 K5II
Lam Oct Oct 5.27 409.2 106.95 G8/K0III+..
20 Cep Cep 5.27 303.1 58.67 K4III
HIP 109693 Cep 5.27 256.6 42.03 B9.5Vn
HIP 116957 Aqr 5.27 270.0 46.56 K3III
40 Cas Cas 5.28 458.1 132.80 G8II-IIIvar
43 Per Per 5.28 122.1 9.44 F5IV
35 Eri Eri 5.28 413.9 108.34 B5V
Kap Dor Dor 5.28 218.6 30.23 A8/A9III/IV
106 Tau Tau 5.28 189.5 22.72 A5V
Nu 2Col Col 5.28 133.1 11.20 F5V
133 Tau Tau 5.28 633.3 253.75 B2IV-V
19 Lep Lep 5.28 838.4 444.63 M1III
HIP 30953 Pup 5.28 167.8 17.82 F2V
11 CMa CMa 5.28 795.5 400.31 B8/B9III
36 Gem Gem 5.28 491.2 152.62 A2V
Eta Vol Vol 5.28 381.0 91.88 A0/A1IV/V
HIP 43142 Hya 5.28 401.7 102.05 A3V
17 UMa UMa 5.28 720.0 328.10 K5III
HIP 45581 Car 5.28 350.7 77.84 A1V
42 Lyn Lyn 5.28 122.6 9.51 F0V
HIP 57371 Cen 5.28 691.0 302.00 B6III
HIP 58587 ◈ Crv 5.28 3,166.6 6,344.54 B2IV
3 CVn CVn 5.28 589.8 219.99 M0III
48Chi Boo Boo 5.28 252.4 40.33 A2V
Iot TrA ◈ TrA 5.28 126.6 10.13 F4IV
HIP 81437 Dra 5.28 270.9 46.43 K1III
HIP 85389 Ara 5.28 635.8 255.62 B8V
HIP 91014 Sgr 5.28 1,320.5 1,103.57 B2III/IV
25Ome1Aql Aql 5.28 415.0 108.94 F0IV
47Chi Aql Aql 5.28 853.8 461.32 F3V:+...
61Phi Aql Aql 5.28 219.5 30.48 A1IV
7Sig Cap Cap 5.28 1,120.8 795.06 K2III
Nu Ind Ind 5.28 93.6 5.55 A3V: + F9V
107 Aqr Aqr 5.28 238.8 36.07 F2:V+...
Gam3Oct Oct 5.29 254.6 40.63 K1/K2III
HIP 983 Cet 5.29 622.4 242.77 K4III
Eps Scl Scl 5.29 91.7 5.27 F2IV
HIP 9312 Cas 5.29 245.6 37.81 A0Vn
10 Tri Tri 5.29 376.6 88.88 A2V
69 Cet Cet 5.29 1,076.4 726.44 M2III
12 Tri Tri 5.29 162.5 16.55 F0III
46 Tau Tau 5.29 118.5 8.81 F3V...
HIP 20704 Per 5.29 253.2 40.18 K1III
4 Cam Cam 5.29 172.1 18.57 A3m
7Nu Lep Lep 5.29 333.5 69.69 B7/B8V
HIP 26868 ◈ Col 5.29 428.6 115.13 B9/B9.5V
HIP 27947 Pic 5.29 113.2 8.03 F0Ve...
HIP 33316 CMa 5.29 — 66,680,677 B2/B3III
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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.