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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
12 Lep Lep 5.88 994.4 360.08 A2/A3V
HIP 98485 Sgr 6.11 1,105.6 360.08 M0III
HIP 82189 Ara 7.22 1,842.7 359.75 M0III
2 Aur Aur 4.79 601.8 359.75 K3III
HIP 87430 Oph 6.70 1,449.6 359.42 K5
HIP 38907 ◈ Pup 7.36 1,964.8 359.42 F8II
HIP 13326 Cet 7.70 2,296.9 359.42 K0V
HIP 80241 Aps 6.86 1,560.6 359.42 K4III
HIP 73747 Lib 7.31 1,918.6 359.09 K2
HIP 2491 Psc 6.99 1,655.6 359.09 K2
HIP 81618 Her 7.21 1,832.3 359.09 K2
HIP 56202 UMa 7.31 1,918.6 359.09 A5
61 Leo Leo 4.73 584.5 358.76 K5III
HIP 38028 Pup 6.98 1,647.3 358.76 B3V
HIP 33727 CMa 7.91 2,528.3 358.76 B8II/III
HIP 45496 Car 4.34 488.3 358.43 M1III
HIP 26072 Tau 6.19 1,144.4 358.43 B6V
HIP 114958 Cep 8.40 3,166.6 358.43 B1III
HIP 73154 Lup 6.60 1,382.0 358.10 M2III
HIP 30628 Aur 8.20 2,886.3 358.10 B9
HIP 104115 Cyg 7.57 2,160.0 358.10 K5Ib
HIP 91725 Sct 8.18 2,861.0 358.10 B2Ibe
HIP 16165 Per 6.52 1,331.2 357.77 K0
HIP 117553 Cas 6.95 1,622.7 357.77 K2
56 Peg Peg 4.76 591.9 357.77 K0IIp
HIP 38437 Lyn 7.34 1,941.4 357.44 K2
HIP 19378 Eri 7.46 2,051.3 357.44 G5/G6IVw
HIP 118071 And 6.01 1,052.1 357.44 F8III
HIP 30389 Ori 8.00 2,630.3 357.44 B2V:pe
HIP 110923 Cep 8.30 3,020.0 357.44 B9
HIP 27588 Ori 5.97 1,032.1 357.11 G8III+...
HIP 25906 Aur 7.80 2,398.2 357.11 B3II
114 Tau Tau 4.88 624.8 357.11 B2.5IV
HIP 39220 Pup 7.24 1,853.2 357.11 B3III
Alpherg 99Eta Psc Psc 3.62 349.6 356.78 G8III
HIP 83984 Ara 6.37 1,240.1 356.45 B8II/III
Kap Pav ◈ Pav 4.40 500.2 356.12 F5Ib-II:
HIP 107197 Cep 6.10 1,094.5 356.12 K1III
HIP 73749 Cir 7.37 1,964.8 356.12 B8II
HIP 40183 Vel 6.00 1,045.4 356.12 B5V
12 Vul ◈ Vul 4.90 629.6 355.80 B2.5V
HIP 44999 Vel 7.82 2,416.0 355.80 A0V
HIP 82204 UMi 6.83 1,531.2 355.80 K0
HIP 109254 Cep 8.43 3,197.6 355.47 B9...
HIP 61024 Hya 8.17 2,836.1 355.47 M2III
HIP 72135 Lup 6.44 1,279.0 355.47 K4III
Iot Lup Lup 3.55 338.0 355.47 B2.5IV
HIP 36544 ◈ Pup 7.48 2,064.3 355.47 K4III
HIP 49539 UMa 8.43 3,197.6 355.47 K5
HIP 116799 Psc 7.44 2,025.8 355.14 K5
HIP 36987 Pup 7.08 1,716.6 355.14 K2III
HIP 68290 CVn 6.98 1,639.0 355.14 M2III
91Lam Cet Cet 4.71 576.2 355.14 B6III
HIP 61404 ◈ Mus 6.11 1,098.2 355.14 M6II/III
HIP 59807 Crv 7.31 1,907.3 354.81 K5III
HIP 37530 Car 6.40 1,254.4 354.81 B2.5V
HIP 111003 Cep 7.76 2,346.4 354.81 K5
HIP 56822 Mus 8.21 2,886.3 354.81 B9V
HIP 86653 Sco 7.61 2,189.0 354.49 B1/B2II
HIP 108559 Peg 7.89 2,489.7 354.49 K5III
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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.