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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 106571 Cyg 7.83 962.1 55.92 A0
HIP 53178 Crt 7.52 834.2 55.92 K5III
HIP 69718 Hya 8.86 1,545.8 55.92 A0V
HIP 78119 TrA 9.75 2,329.7 55.92 F3/F5V
HIP 77855 Aps 8.01 1,045.4 55.92 B9V
HIP 65796 Vir 6.42 502.6 55.92 K0III
HIP 63225 Vir 6.93 635.8 55.92 B9
HIP 12608 For 5.99 412.3 55.92 G8III
HIP 6338 Psc 8.44 1,274.0 55.92 K5
HIP 5902 And 8.88 1,560.6 55.92 A0
HIP 11086 Tri 8.23 1,156.6 55.92 B9
HIP 23586 Eri 6.93 635.8 55.92 B9
HIP 16457 Ret 8.23 1,156.6 55.92 K2III
HIP 17252 For 8.88 1,560.6 55.92 K1III
HIP 82740 Sco 7.07 678.1 55.92 F7V
HIP 83588 Oph 8.73 1,456.1 55.92 K3/K4III:
HIP 102666 Aqr 6.96 644.6 55.92 K2
HIP 91594 Oph 7.21 723.2 55.92 F0II-III
HIP 87296 Pav 7.38 782.1 55.92 K0III
HIP 88815 Pav 6.40 497.9 55.92 K2/K3III
HIP 88089 Her 8.06 1,069.4 55.92 G5
HIP 43063 ◈ Hya 9.38 1,964.8 55.92 M7
HIP 31180 ◈ CMa 8.58 1,359.0 55.92 K7
HIP 30160 Col 8.23 1,156.6 55.92 K3III
HIP 50212 Hya 8.87 1,553.1 55.92 M3III
HIP 42365 Cnc 5.96 406.7 55.92 K2III:
HIP 30938 Mon 7.22 726.4 55.92 G5
HIP 49433 Leo 9.38 1,964.8 55.92 G5
HIP 39845 Pup 9.10 1,725.7 55.87 B9IV
HIP 51610 Vel 5.91 397.3 55.87 G6/G8III
HIP 44117 Lyn 8.59 1,364.7 55.87 K2
HIP 47814 Hya 7.85 970.7 55.87 K0III
HIP 27587 Tau 8.75 1,469.2 55.87 B9
HIP 47697 Hya 7.87 979.4 55.87 K0III
HIP 29972 Col 7.34 767.4 55.87 K1III
HIP 35012 CMa 7.32 760.3 55.87 B9/B9.5V
HIP 33843 CMa 8.74 1,462.6 55.87 K1/K2III
HIP 48191 Ant 5.95 404.7 55.87 K2III
HIP 29006 Ori 7.51 829.9 55.87 F2
HIP 10065 Ari 8.84 1,531.2 55.87 K7
HIP 18519 Eri 8.83 1,524.1 55.87 K0
HIP 9171 ◈ Tri 6.94 638.3 55.87 M5III
HIP 5404 And 8.79 1,496.1 55.87 K2
HIP 8475 Per 6.01 416.0 55.87 A3V
HIP 504 Peg 7.51 829.9 55.87 K1III-IV
HIP 115609 ◈ Oct 8.39 1,244.9 55.87 M2III
HIP 104825 Vul 7.99 1,035.4 55.87 F0
HIP 113109 Peg 9.10 1,725.7 55.87 G5
HIP 109057 Lac 7.99 1,035.4 55.87 B9
62Eta Aqr Aqr 4.04 167.9 55.87 B9IV-Vn
HIP 108678 Peg 8.80 1,503.0 55.87 A2
HIP 68412 Cir 7.56 849.4 55.87 B9IV
HIP 76740 Dra 9.01 1,655.6 55.87 K2
HIP 77985 Lup 6.21 456.2 55.87 K4III
HIP 71401 Boo 9.17 1,782.3 55.87 K0
HIP 58825 Cen 9.53 2,104.2 55.87 K5
HIP 98755 Cyg 8.78 1,489.3 55.87 B9V
HIP 78407 Ser 9.01 1,655.6 55.87 K0
HIP 91972 Tel 8.82 1,517.0 55.87 K0III
HIP 100513 Dra 8.77 1,482.5 55.87 B9V Si
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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.