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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
40 Tau ◈ Tau 5.32 640.8 250.26 B3V
HIP 21515 Tau 5.32 851.6 442.18 B7V
38 Ori Ori 5.32 275.9 46.43 A2V
HIP 38146 Pup 5.32 281.4 48.31 G2
HIP 41260 Pup 5.32 467.9 133.54 K4/K5III
53 Leo Leo 5.32 380.6 88.31 A2V
3 Dra Dra 5.32 601.8 220.80 K3III
HIP 60449 Cen 5.32 444.4 120.45 B8/B9V
HIP 65479 Cen 5.32 127.9 9.96 F2III
7Mu Lib Lib 5.32 237.9 34.51 Ap
HIP 73049 Cen 5.32 253.8 39.26 A0V
3 Ser Ser 5.32 373.2 84.88 K0III
HIP 80208 Nor 5.32 462.6 130.50 B6IV
37 Oph Oph 5.32 1,090.8 725.77 M2III
HIP 97749 ◈ Sgr 5.32 301.4 55.41 A0p
Mu 2Pav Pav 5.32 236.3 34.07 K2IVCN...
HIP 99461 Sgr 5.32 19.6 0.23 K2V
Zet Mic Mic 5.32 115.4 8.11 F3V
Xi Oct ◈ Oct 5.32 492.7 148.05 B6IV
74Psi1Psc Psc 5.33 275.0 45.71 A1Vn
HIP 20161 Hor 5.33 252.1 38.37 K2III
5 Ori Ori 5.33 590.9 210.86 M1III
HIP 22834 Ori 5.33 481.8 140.22 K1III
14 Ori Ori 5.33 210.8 26.87 Am
HIP 39734 Pup 5.33 1,545.8 1,444.11 A3Ib/II
Kap1Vol Vol 5.33 434.9 114.29 B9III/IV
HIP 41616 Vel 5.33 2,131.7 2,746.63 B2IV
31The Cnc Cnc 5.33 415.0 104.04 K5III
33Eta Cnc Cnc 5.33 298.4 53.80 K3III
HIP 52678 Car 5.33 476.1 137.03 B7:V
HIP 64823 Vir 5.33 324.5 63.62 K3III
HIP 90074 ◈ Sgr 5.33 556.6 187.24 B7Ib/II
HIP 93124 ◈ Aql 5.33 1,545.8 1,444.11 F8Ib
Nu Tel Tel 5.33 161.6 15.78 A9Vn
13 Sge ◈ Sge 5.33 1,019.2 627.48 M4IIIa
41 Aqr Aqr 5.33 233.5 32.93 K1III
71 Peg ◈ Peg 5.33 520.2 163.53 M5IIIa
Pi For For 5.34 294.4 51.86 G8III
20 Per Per 5.34 230.5 31.80 F4Vvar
29 Tau Tau 5.34 533.8 170.61 B3V
56 Tau ◈ Tau 5.34 326.2 63.68 A0p Si
21 Ori Ori 5.34 202.1 24.43 F5IIvar
HIP 25980 Ori 5.34 1,560.6 1,457.47 B1IV
HIP 26001 Dor 5.34 231.6 32.12 G8/K0III
72 Ori Ori 5.34 522.7 163.53 B7V
45 Aur Aur 5.34 193.1 22.33 F5III...
52Psi3Aur Aur 5.34 1,370.4 1,124.09 B8III
13 Lyn Lyn 5.34 211.0 26.64 K0III
14 Lyn Lyn 5.34 486.8 141.91 G4III...
HIP 36896 Gem 5.34 372.3 82.95 K0III
HIP 40215 UMa 5.34 751.5 338.22 G8II
HIP 43414 Vol 5.34 169.3 17.17 F5IV
Iot Cha Cha 5.34 189.6 21.52 F3/F5IV
HIP 50888 Ant 5.34 135.2 10.94 A8V
HIP 58884 Mus 5.34 347.3 72.24 A0V
HIP 59184 Cen 5.34 599.6 215.18 A1V
HIP 63117 Cru 5.34 — 63,679,552 O9Ib
HIP 70469 Lib 5.34 458.7 126.01 K0III
20Chi Ser ◈ Ser 5.34 219.8 28.92 A0p Sr
53 Her Her 5.34 95.2 5.43 F0V
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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.