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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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Brightest in our sky Nearest to the Sun Most luminous Stars with proper names Variable stars
StarConstellationMagnitude Distance (ly)Luminosity (Suns)Spectral type
54Chi1Ori ◈ Ori 4.39 28.3 1.15 G0V
HIP 17884 ◈ Cam 4.39 795.5 908.66 M1III
Omi Pup ◈ Pup 4.40 1,418.1 2,860.22 B1IV:nne
Kap Pav ◈ Pav 4.40 500.2 356.12 F5Ib-II:
66Ups Cyg ◈ Cyg 4.41 642.0 581.30 B2Vne
HIP 70300 ◈ Cen 4.41 457.4 295.12 B2V
94Nu Her ◈ Her 4.41 860.6 1,044.24 F2II
HIP 32761 ◈ Car 4.41 544.5 418.02 G6II
93Psi2Aqr ◈ Aqr 4.41 401.7 227.40 B5Vn
27 CMa ◈ CMa 4.42 1,734.9 4,203.39 B3III
HIP 34922 ◈ Pup 4.42 208.9 60.98 M5e
3 Aqr ◈ Aqr 4.43 585.6 474.68 M3IIIvar
11Del Del ◈ Del 4.43 223.2 68.99 A7IIIp d Del
26Pi Eri ◈ Eri 4.43 481.1 320.33 M1III
62 Sgr ◈ Sgr 4.43 448.6 278.48 M4III
HIP 40091 ◈ Pup 4.44 1,698.7 3,955.49 K4III
Sig Lup ◈ Lup 4.44 575.2 453.73 B2III
2 Lyn ◈ Lyn 4.44 156.6 33.64 A2Vs
7 Cet ◈ Cet 4.44 447.4 274.41 M1III
9Ome Oph ◈ Oph 4.45 168.6 38.65 Ap
Iot Cas ◈ Cas 4.46 132.9 23.77 A5p Sr
HIP 59173 ◈ Cen 4.46 438.4 258.70 B2IIIne
HIP 38957 ◈ Pup 4.47 959.3 1,228.00 B1Vp + B2
22Omi Cas ◈ Cas 4.48 702.9 652.83 B5III
Gam Ret ◈ Ret 4.48 469.3 291.07 M4III
71 Tau ◈ Tau 4.48 160.1 33.88 F0V...
Gam Cir ◈ Cir 4.48 448.6 265.95 B5III + F8
HIP 38455 ◈ Pup 4.49 648.4 550.55 B2V
HIP 34834 ◈ Pup 4.49 69.9 6.40 F0IV
47Ome Ori ◈ Ori 4.50 1,382.0 2,477.42 B3IIIe
HIP 50676 ◈ Vel 4.50 1,148.4 1,710.80 B3III
HIP 43105 ◈ Car 4.50 605.1 475.12 B3Vne
39Eps Cap ◈ Cap 4.51 1,055.5 1,432.19 B3V:p
7Rho Cas ◈ Cas 4.51 — 136,772,883 F8Iavar
46Ups Sgr ◈ Sgr 4.52 1,782.3 4,047.62 F2p
17Kap2Boo ◈ Boo 4.53 163.4 33.70 A8IV
3 Sgr ◈ Sgr 4.53 985.4 1,225.74 F7II
37Xi Boo ◈ Boo 4.54 21.9 0.60 G8V + K4V
10 LMi ◈ LMi 4.54 185.0 42.82 G8III
24 UMa ◈ UMa 4.54 104.1 13.56 G4III-IV
HIP 16281 ◈ Cam 4.55 2,508.9 7,798.30 A0Ia SB:
Tau1Lup ◈ Lup 4.56 1,090.8 1,461.50 B2IV
Cujam 24Ome Her ◈ Her 4.57 250.1 76.14 B9p Cr
Salm 62Tau Peg ◈ Peg 4.58 161.7 31.51 A5V
HIP 64425 ◈ Cen 4.58 378.8 172.98 B8V
10 Dra ◈ Dra 4.58 371.5 166.42 M3III
HIP 52468 ◈ Car 4.58 1,140.4 1,567.47 K3Ib
HIP 54751 ◈ Car 4.59 — 127,057,411 A6Ia
30Psi2Ori ◈ Ori 4.59 1,136.4 1,543.12 B2IV
HIP 50555 ◈ Vel 4.59 1,853.2 4,100.15 K3II
10Del CrB ◈ CrB 4.59 170.0 34.55 G5III-IV
HIP 20070 ◈ Per 4.60 313.6 116.41 A2V
33 Psc ◈ Psc 4.61 128.8 19.46 K1III
36Tau9Eri ◈ Eri 4.62 327.5 124.62 Ap Si
Lam Cru ◈ Cru 4.62 383.7 171.08 B4Vn
83 UMa ◈ UMa 4.63 523.5 315.65 M2IIIvar
47Omi Dra ◈ Dra 4.63 341.9 134.52 K0II-III SB
HIP 73199 ◈ UMi 4.63 459.4 243.00 M5III
Nu Pav ◈ Pav 4.63 439.0 221.82 B8III
33Tau8Eri ◈ Eri 4.64 377.1 162.18 B5V
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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.