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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
HYG 119183 Her 13.50 70.0 0.00 M4.5-5
HIP 88976 Her 11.38 70.0 0.01 —
HIP 518 ◈ Cas 5.98 70.1 1.63 G5V
83Eps Cet Cet 4.83 70.1 4.70 F5V
HIP 86916 Her 10.69 70.1 0.02 M1
HIP 51502 Cam 5.25 70.1 3.20 F2V
HYG 118252 Tau 11.09 70.1 0.01 G3
HYG 119191 Dra 17.98 70.1 0.00 m
HIP 52708 Hya 9.37 70.2 0.07 K5V
HIP 75829 UMi 7.30 70.2 0.48 G5
HIP 3979 Cet 6.98 70.2 0.65 G0
HIP 112190 Aqr 8.11 70.2 0.23 K0
HIP 80366 ◈ Oph 8.40 70.2 0.18 K2V
HIP 115331 ◈ And 7.36 70.2 0.46 K1V
HIP 49868 Dra 9.48 70.2 0.07 M0
HIP 109926 ◈ Lac 7.50 70.2 0.40 K1V
HIP 65083 Vir 11.60 70.3 0.01 —
HIP 79578 Sco 6.55 70.3 0.97 G1V
HIP 64880 CVn 11.28 70.3 0.01 M2V:
HIP 77268 Lup 10.63 70.3 0.02 M0:
HIP 109378 Aqr 6.54 70.3 0.98 G0
HIP 3535 Cet 8.03 70.3 0.25 K2V
HIP 17544 For 8.21 70.3 0.21 K2V
HIP 54677 Crt 9.06 70.4 0.10 K4V
HIP 55210 Leo 7.29 70.4 0.49 G8V
HIP 59378 CVn 10.61 70.4 0.02 M2V
HIP 71914 Boo 9.10 70.4 0.09 M0
HIP 110640 Peg 8.83 70.4 0.12 M0
HIP 3813 Phe 10.76 70.4 0.02 M2
HIP 65515 ◈ UMa 7.29 70.4 0.49 G9IV-V
37Eps Ser Ser 3.71 70.4 13.33 A2m
HYG 118136 Tri 14.05 70.4 0.00 m
HYG 118137 Tri 14.05 70.4 0.00 m
HYG 118138 Tri 14.26 70.4 0.00 m
HIP 15332 Ari 11.84 70.5 0.01 K:
14Zet Lep Lep 3.55 70.5 15.46 A2Vann
HIP 7372 ◈ Scl 7.11 70.5 0.58 K3V
HIP 3876 Cas 7.75 70.6 0.32 K0
HYG 118533 Pup 10.70 70.6 0.02 —
HIP 5842 Tuc 7.22 70.6 0.53 K2V
HYG 118350 Lep 15.97 70.6 0.00 DC9?
Kap Ret Ret 4.71 70.7 5.35 F5IV-V
17Sig CrB CrB 6.72 70.7 0.84 G1 V
HIP 63742 ◈ Vir 7.69 70.7 0.34 G5V
HIP 33560 CMa 9.14 70.8 0.09 K4V
HIP 14587 Hor 9.27 70.8 0.08 K5V
HIP 111715 Gru 12.09 70.9 0.01 —
HYG 118024 Tuc 12.16 70.9 0.01 M6
HYG 118065 Scl 14.85 70.9 0.00 m
HYG 118108 Cet 13.90 70.9 0.00 m
HYG 118286 Dor 13.20 70.9 0.00 M4
HYG 118375 Ori 14.68 70.9 0.00 m
HYG 118433 Gem 11.93 70.9 0.01 k-m
HYG 118434 Pic 8.30 70.9 0.20 —
HYG 118470 Gem 10.00 70.9 0.04 —
HYG 118483 Mon 8.60 70.9 0.15 —
HYG 118506 Gem 8.60 70.9 0.15 K4
HYG 118566 UMa 15.40 70.9 0.00 m
HYG 118657 Leo 14.66 70.9 0.00 m
HYG 118661 Leo 15.37 70.9 0.00 DC7
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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.