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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
HIP 40956 Cnc 8.09 1,042.0 51.62 K2
HIP 43309 Hya 7.13 669.7 51.62 K0
HIP 30042 CMa 7.86 937.2 51.62 B8V
HIP 39760 Lyn 9.02 1,598.8 51.62 K
HIP 17200 Cam 9.34 1,853.2 51.62 B2V
HIP 11611 And 6.71 551.9 51.62 G5
HIP 16105 Ret 9.02 1,598.8 51.62 K0/K1III
HIP 1801 Phe 9.22 1,753.5 51.62 G8IV
HIP 3209 Tuc 9.34 1,853.2 51.62 K1III
HIP 17620 Cam 9.52 2,013.3 51.62 B5
HIP 3906 Phe 9.02 1,598.8 51.62 K1III
HIP 74490 Lib 6.47 494.2 51.62 B8III
HIP 56929 Cen 6.91 605.1 51.62 K2/K3III
HIP 72833 Aps 5.59 329.5 51.62 G5III
HIP 59398 UMa 8.09 1,042.0 51.62 K1III
6Gam Psc Psc 3.70 138.0 51.62 G7III
HIP 115464 Psc 8.57 1,299.4 51.62 K2
HIP 116850 And 8.75 1,411.9 51.62 M0
HIP 93209 CrA 6.49 498.7 51.62 B9.5V
HIP 78250 Aps 7.93 967.8 51.62 K2III
HIP 94597 Aql 9.14 1,689.9 51.62 K0
HIP 95033 Lyr 7.80 911.1 51.57 A3
HIP 98168 Vul 7.88 945.4 51.57 A0
HIP 85212 Aps 8.28 1,136.4 51.57 A0IV/V
HIP 29338 Gem 9.59 2,077.4 51.57 —
HIP 35879 Pup 7.10 660.2 51.57 K0III
HIP 40277 ◈ Pup 7.80 911.1 51.57 B9.5IV/V
HIP 31553 CMa 10.05 2,568.2 51.57 —
HIP 30325 Pup 8.03 1,012.9 51.57 G5III
HIP 30464 CMa 9.01 1,591.0 51.57 A0III
HIP 34687 Lyn 8.05 1,022.4 51.57 G5
HIP 13207 Eri 7.88 945.4 51.57 K1III
HIP 18810 Tau 8.65 1,347.8 51.57 A0
HIP 108175 Peg 10.21 2,764.0 51.57 F8
HIP 105706 Cyg 8.25 1,120.8 51.57 Ap
HIP 115129 Oct 6.34 465.3 51.57 K0III
HIP 113725 Tuc 6.88 596.3 51.52 K3III
HIP 112984 Tuc 7.56 815.4 51.52 G8III
HIP 30204 CMa 8.12 1,055.5 51.52 F8III
HIP 77381 Boo 6.76 564.3 51.52 K2
HIP 70519 Lup 7.66 853.8 51.52 G5/G6w...
HIP 57619 Cen 9.27 1,792.1 51.52 G8III
HIP 94523 Aql 7.49 789.7 51.52 K2
HIP 85037 Her 9.12 1,672.6 51.52 M0
HIP 22428 Ori 7.77 898.5 51.52 A0
HIP 972 And 8.17 1,080.0 51.52 K0
HIP 13362 Ari 9.12 1,672.6 51.52 A0
HIP 16750 Per 9.38 1,885.3 51.52 A2
HIP 22010 Eri 9.27 1,792.1 51.52 A0
HIP 3630 Cet 8.52 1,269.1 51.52 K0
HIP 11768 For 9.20 1,734.9 51.48 K0/K1III
HIP 19746 Per 6.47 493.4 51.48 G9III
HIP 24313 Cam 6.17 429.7 51.48 A2III
HIP 17046 Eri 8.43 1,217.0 51.48 K0/K1III
HIP 21971 Pic 9.11 1,664.1 51.48 G8III
HIP 16434 Hor 8.43 1,217.0 51.48 K1III
HIP 76728 Lib 9.20 1,734.9 51.48 A0V
HIP 66371 Cen 8.53 1,274.0 51.48 G5IV
HIP 62899 CVn 8.95 1,545.8 51.48 G9III
HIP 69013 Boo 8.39 1,194.7 51.48 G5
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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.