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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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M
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
Dziban B 31Psi1Dra Dra 5.81 75.2 2.20 G0V
HIP 12886 Per 10.80 75.3 0.02 K5V:
HIP 50156 Leo 10.01 75.3 0.05 M0Ve
HIP 43422 ◈ Cnc 9.08 75.3 0.11 —
HIP 50125 UMa 9.53 75.3 0.07 K5
HYG 117974 Psc 14.80 75.3 0.00 m
HYG 118007 Cas 14.02 75.3 0.00 m
HYG 118008 Cas 14.08 75.3 0.00 DQ5
HIP 97051 Aql 10.00 75.4 0.05 M0
HIP 19165 Eri 9.70 75.4 0.06 K7
HIP 10542 Cet 7.94 75.5 0.31 K3V
HYG 119466 Aqr 10.34 75.5 0.03 —
28Ome Dra Dra 4.77 75.6 5.78 F5V
53Chi Cet Cet 4.66 75.6 6.40 F3III
HIP 45637 Car 9.52 75.6 0.07 K7V
HIP 1608 Cet 11.67 75.7 0.01 —
HIP 5944 ◈ And 6.59 75.7 1.08 G0
HIP 107772 Gru 10.56 75.7 0.03 M0
HIP 1386 And 11.54 75.7 0.01 M:
HYG 117994 Cet 17.34 75.7 0.00 g-k
HYG 118316 Tau 11.20 75.7 0.02 K
HYG 119174 Oph 13.52 75.7 0.00 M3
HIP 55052 Hya 10.35 75.7 0.03 —
HIP 96710 Sgr 10.49 75.7 0.03 —
HIP 108092 Cyg 10.30 75.7 0.04 M2
HIP 82333 Her 9.67 75.8 0.06 M0
HIP 9749 For 10.88 75.8 0.02 K
Zubenelgenubi 9Alp2Lib Lib 2.75 75.8 37.36 A3IV
HIP 106400 ◈ Cep 9.34 75.8 0.09 K
HIP 1499 Cet 6.47 75.8 1.22 G0V
HIP 26690 Ori 8.33 75.8 0.22 F0
HIP 56809 UMa 6.29 75.8 1.43 G0V
HYG 118022 And 12.38 75.9 0.01 M4
HYG 118029 Cet 15.25 75.9 0.00 DA7
HYG 118053 Scl 13.85 75.9 0.00 dM2.5
HYG 118145 Cet 13.05 75.9 0.00 m
HYG 118184 Hyi 14.08 75.9 0.00 DA6
HYG 118224 Eri 14.28 75.9 0.00 m
HYG 118225 Eri 14.37 75.9 0.00 m
HYG 118238 Tau 12.74 75.9 0.00 g-k
HYG 118239 Tau 13.29 75.9 0.00 g-k
HYG 118271 Eri 11.47 75.9 0.01 M0
HYG 118275 Per 13.45 75.9 0.00 M3.5
HYG 118305 Tau 17.11 75.9 0.00 DC9
HYG 118308 Tau 13.85 75.9 0.00 k
HYG 118315 Per 13.13 75.9 0.00 g-k
HYG 118357 Tau 14.20 75.9 0.00 m
HYG 118370 Aur 13.01 75.9 0.00 m
HYG 118480 Lyn 13.08 75.9 0.00 m
Kaewkosin Cnc 12.33 75.9 0.01 m
Maru Vol 13.92 75.9 0.00 DQ5
HYG 118536 Cam 13.42 75.9 0.00 m
HD 75404 Lyn 7.60 75.9 0.43 G0
HYG 118596 UMa 12.96 75.9 0.00 m
HYG 118643 Sex 16.41 75.9 0.00 DA9
HYG 118691 Hya 10.68 75.9 0.03 K7 V
HYG 118692 Hya 13.13 75.9 0.00 —
HYG 118706 Leo 13.55 75.9 0.00 m
HYG 118833 Vir 13.10 75.9 0.00 M3: V
HYG 118876 Mus 13.05 75.9 0.00 m
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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.