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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
HIP 106805 Cap 7.28 723.2 52.43 K3III
HIP 108210 Cyg 9.49 2,001.0 52.43 A2
HIP 104218 Cep 8.24 1,124.7 52.38 A2
HIP 116892 Scl 8.04 1,025.6 52.38 G6III/IV
HIP 106911 Cap 7.63 849.4 52.38 K1III
HIP 105923 Peg 8.91 1,531.2 52.38 G0
HIP 107540 Cyg 8.21 1,109.4 52.38 K0III
HIP 116485 And 8.06 1,035.4 52.38 K0
HIP 21101 Men 7.85 939.9 52.38 K3/K4III
HIP 23942 Pic 8.85 1,489.3 52.38 K3III
HIP 54957 Car 7.94 979.4 52.38 G8/K0III
HIP 65881 Cen 8.85 1,489.3 52.38 K0III
HIP 64842 UMa 7.77 906.0 52.38 K0
HIP 73333 Cen 8.34 1,177.5 52.38 K2III
HIP 101698 Del 8.34 1,177.5 52.38 K0
HIP 28405 Aur 8.89 1,517.0 52.38 K2
HIP 28679 Col 8.82 1,469.2 52.38 G8IV
HIP 51052 Hya 7.21 699.9 52.38 K0III
HIP 40307 Pup 6.91 609.6 52.38 G8/K0III+..
HIP 28700 Ori 8.81 1,462.6 52.38 K0
HIP 32429 Pup 9.08 1,655.6 52.38 B9V
6Nu 1CMa CMa 5.71 350.7 52.38 G8/K0III+..
HIP 46136 Hya 9.30 1,832.3 52.38 K2
HIP 32795 CMa 10.12 2,673.4 52.38 G5V
HIP 40607 Pup 7.57 825.7 52.34 K0III
HIP 51170 Hya 7.66 860.6 52.34 K0III
HIP 30907 Men 9.35 1,874.5 52.34 K1/K2III
HIP 35679 Pup 8.11 1,058.9 52.34 K2III+...
HIP 43015 Car 6.99 632.1 52.34 G5/G6III
HIP 36567 Vol 8.42 1,221.6 52.34 K4III
HIP 32990 Mon 6.30 460.0 52.34 K0
HIP 42117 Vel 8.02 1,016.1 52.34 M0III
HIP 27869 Ori 8.47 1,249.6 52.34 B9
HIP 61292 Vir 6.96 623.6 52.34 K0
HIP 64930 Vir 7.51 803.3 52.34 K0
HIP 60099 Cen 8.59 1,320.5 52.34 B8V
HIP 69654 Cir 8.52 1,279.0 52.34 G8/K0Ib/II
HIP 66761 Hya 7.87 948.1 52.34 G8III
HIP 62943 Com 8.11 1,058.9 52.34 K1III
HIP 61581 Vir 9.35 1,874.5 52.34 K2
HIP 115267 ◈ Cas 8.11 1,058.9 52.34 B9p
HIP 105170 Equ 7.16 683.8 52.34 K0
HIP 102522 Mic 9.56 2,064.3 52.34 A2/A3II
HIP 82768 Oct 7.79 913.6 52.34 K0III
HIP 93582 Aql 8.52 1,279.0 52.34 A0
HIP 89763 Her 8.02 1,016.1 52.34 K5
HIP 81043 Her 7.66 860.6 52.34 K0
HIP 94262 Tel 8.09 1,048.7 52.29 K3III
HIP 87826 Ara 7.84 934.5 52.29 K1III
HIP 86477 Aps 8.53 1,284.1 52.29 B9.5V
HIP 82982 ◈ Aps 8.09 1,048.7 52.29 A7III
HIP 99042 ◈ Sgr 8.09 1,048.7 52.29 G5V
HIP 60517 Cen 6.61 530.3 52.29 B9V
HIP 61579 Vir 6.61 530.3 52.29 A2
HIP 53386 Crt 9.23 1,772.6 52.29 K0III
HIP 61501 Oct 8.28 1,144.4 52.29 B9.5IV/V
HIP 65154 CVn 6.97 626.0 52.29 K0
8Gam CrB ◈ CrB 3.81 146.1 52.29 A1Vs
HIP 30416 Aur 9.48 1,988.8 52.29 F5
HIP 30701 ◈ Mon 9.52 2,025.8 52.29 M4IIIvar
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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.