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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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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
HYG 119523 Gru 11.10 76.8 0.02 M1
HIP 28267 Mon 6.99 76.8 0.77 G0
57Zet Ser Ser 4.62 76.8 6.85 F3V
HIP 17750 Cam 9.41 76.8 0.08 M2...
HIP 98106 Pav 8.40 76.8 0.21 K5V
HYG 118684 UMa 12.50 76.8 0.00 —
HIP 27922 Lep 7.51 76.9 0.48 G6V
HIP 28153 Pic 10.59 76.9 0.03 M:
HIP 66587 Vir 10.73 76.9 0.02 K5
HIP 70849 Lup 10.36 76.9 0.03 K5
HIP 79492 Her 6.68 76.9 1.03 G8V
HYG 118391 Cam 16.47 76.9 0.00 m
HYG 119158 Her 9.93 76.9 0.05 —
HYG 119381 Cyg 9.00 76.9 0.12 A2
HYG 119534 PsA 8.60 76.9 0.18 —
HIP 99550 Cap 11.30 77.0 0.01 —
HIP 19233 Ret 6.37 77.1 1.38 G3V
HIP 5957 Psc 10.10 77.1 0.04 K5
HIP 112117 Gru 5.99 77.1 1.96 G0
HIP 66840 Vir 9.76 77.1 0.06 M0V
HYG 119012 Ser 13.45 77.1 0.00 m
HYG 118074 Scl 8.00 77.1 0.31 K4 V
HYG 118075 Scl 10.40 77.1 0.03 M2 V
HIP 99316 Sge 7.56 77.2 0.46 K0...
HIP 23786 Ori 7.74 77.2 0.39 K0V
78Iot Leo Leo 4.00 77.2 12.26 F2IV SB
HIP 71743 ◈ Lib 7.24 77.2 0.62 G6V
HIP 114379 ◈ And 7.91 77.2 0.33 K0Ve
HIP 3008 Cas 10.48 77.3 0.03 M0
HIP 107625 Gru 8.62 77.3 0.17 K3V
HYG 119574 Psc 16.10 77.3 0.00 m
HIP 39064 Gem 7.68 77.4 0.42 K0V
HIP 6917 ◈ Psc 7.74 77.4 0.39 K2V
HIP 70873 Boo 6.36 77.4 1.40 G5V
HYG 119047 CrB 15.95 77.5 0.00 m
HYG 119461 Aqr 14.17 77.5 0.00 M2 :
HIP 85582 Her 8.99 77.5 0.12 K2
HIP 3757 Cet 12.05 77.5 0.01 —
HIP 30314 Pic 6.53 77.6 1.20 G1V
Kap Phe Phe 3.93 77.7 13.23 A7V
HIP 116416 ◈ Peg 7.90 77.7 0.34 G5
HYG 117983 And 16.50 77.7 0.00 DC9
HYG 118027 Phe 11.92 77.7 0.01 M3
HYG 118102 Cet 14.10 77.7 0.00 m
HYG 118156 Per 13.22 77.7 0.00 m
HYG 118237 Eri 13.05 77.7 0.00 M3
HYG 118243 Per 12.87 77.7 0.00 —
HYG 118287 Tau 13.03 77.7 0.00 k-m
HYG 118292 Tau 17.00 77.7 0.00 m
HYG 118298 Tau 12.63 77.7 0.00 m
HYG 118299 Tau 14.97 77.7 0.00 m
HYG 118395 Ori 10.99 77.7 0.02 M0
HYG 118423 Aur 12.27 77.7 0.01 m
HYG 118431 Dor 13.00 77.7 0.00 m
HYG 118473 Gem 13.34 77.7 0.00 k-m
HYG 118602 Cnc 13.35 77.7 0.00 M4 e
HYG 118664 Sex 12.66 77.7 0.00 M0
HYG 118669 LMi 14.50 77.7 0.00 M4
HYG 118708 Leo 13.45 77.7 0.00 m
HYG 118712 LMi 13.07 77.7 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.