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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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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
34Ome Ser Ser 5.21 273.4 50.44 G8III
HIP 72024 Lup 8.63 1,320.5 50.44 Fm...
HIP 61216 Mus 8.15 1,058.9 50.44 G5III+...
HIP 57547 Mus 6.75 555.6 50.44 K1III
HIP 74415 Cir 6.86 584.5 50.44 K3III
HIP 77701 Nor 7.65 840.6 50.40 B5III/IV
HIP 64169 Com 6.94 606.2 50.40 K2
HIP 84655 ◈ Sco 9.27 1,772.6 50.40 WC...
HIP 100572 Aql 8.29 1,128.6 50.40 A0
HIP 84634 Sco 6.92 600.7 50.40 A0IV
HIP 85055 Ara 8.18 1,072.9 50.40 K2III
HIP 31649 CMa 7.80 901.0 50.40 B7III/IV
HIP 35046 Gem 8.18 1,072.9 50.40 K
HIP 30790 Pic 8.72 1,376.2 50.40 G8/K0III
HIP 32156 Car 7.88 934.5 50.40 B6/B7V
HIP 37544 Pup 7.88 934.5 50.40 B8III
HIP 51992 UMa 6.55 506.5 50.40 K1III
HIP 43399 UMa 9.33 1,822.1 50.40 K2
HIP 41962 Cnc 8.47 1,226.2 50.40 K2
HIP 29236 Ori 6.57 511.2 50.40 K0
HIP 20971 Tau 7.73 872.1 50.40 B7V
HIP 15775 Eri 6.70 542.7 50.40 K0III
HIP 4532 Cas 9.33 1,822.1 50.40 B1II
HIP 110030 Aqr 8.18 1,072.9 50.40 K0III
HIP 110033 Lac 9.48 1,953.0 50.40 A0
HIP 110221 Peg 7.59 817.4 50.35 K0
HIP 105561 Cyg 6.63 525.2 50.35 A1V
Del Ind Ind 4.40 188.1 50.35 F0IV
Rho Gru Gru 4.84 230.3 50.35 K0III
HIP 51323 Car 8.09 1,028.9 50.35 B8III
HIP 48674 Sex 7.23 692.5 50.35 K2
HIP 50590 Ant 7.31 718.4 50.35 B9IV/V
HIP 44192 Vol 6.85 581.4 50.35 B9V
HIP 74507 Ser 8.73 1,382.0 50.35 K0
HIP 60390 Cen 8.73 1,382.0 50.35 K1III
HIP 73332 Lup 9.70 2,160.0 50.35 —
HIP 59922 Crv 9.19 1,707.6 50.35 K1III
HIP 63126 Vir 8.73 1,382.0 50.35 K5
HIP 53919 Car 8.74 1,387.9 50.35 B9IV
HIP 92367 Tel 5.80 358.4 50.35 G6IV
HIP 16015 Eri 6.33 457.4 50.35 A1V
HIP 6050 Psc 8.52 1,254.4 50.35 K0
HIP 16862 Cas 9.70 2,160.0 50.35 —
HIP 7105 Cet 8.11 1,038.7 50.35 K0III
HIP 3448 And 8.39 1,181.7 50.35 G5
HIP 11142 And 7.97 973.6 50.35 G5
HIP 6561 Cet 8.39 1,181.7 50.35 K3III
HIP 2899 ◈ Cas 8.52 1,254.4 50.35 M5
HIP 10217 Cet 8.21 1,087.2 50.30 K0
HIP 19154 Hyi 8.01 991.4 50.30 G8III
HIP 9804 Cas 10.35 2,912.1 50.30 B0.5:pe
HIP 17138 Eri 6.91 597.4 50.30 K0III/IV
HIP 20098 Tau 8.36 1,164.8 50.30 G5
HIP 12405 Hor 7.68 851.6 50.30 A9IV
HIP 67698 Aps 8.53 1,259.3 50.30 B9.5IV
HIP 69726 Boo 8.03 1,000.5 50.30 K2
HIP 58235 UMa 8.53 1,259.3 50.30 K0III
HIP 55173 ◈ Crt 7.34 728.0 50.30 M6III
HIP 117646 And 7.34 728.0 50.30 A5
HIP 117477 Cas 9.32 1,812.0 50.30 A0
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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.