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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
HIP 44320 Hya 8.33 1,132.5 48.89 B9.5/A0V
HIP 33772 Car 9.10 1,614.6 48.89 G5III+...
HIP 42261 UMa 8.33 1,132.5 48.89 K2
HIP 72865 Lib 8.17 1,052.1 48.89 K0III
HIP 90620 Tel 7.60 809.3 48.89 K0III
HIP 90786 Lyr 8.80 1,405.8 48.89 K2
HIP 84168 Dra 8.30 1,117.0 48.89 B9
HIP 82974 Her 7.49 769.2 48.89 G5
HIP 76261 Ser 8.36 1,148.4 48.89 K5
HIP 79984 Sco 7.06 630.9 48.89 A1IV
HIP 85905 ◈ Oph 7.87 916.2 48.89 M...
HIP 17994 Eri 8.22 1,076.4 48.89 K0III
HIP 11712 Hyi 7.29 701.4 48.89 G6/G8III
HIP 17731 Eri 7.42 744.6 48.89 K0
HIP 32672 CMa 7.49 769.2 48.89 K3III
HIP 28709 Ori 8.36 1,148.4 48.89 A0
HIP 25841 Ori 8.17 1,052.1 48.89 B9
HIP 1726 Tuc 9.09 1,606.7 48.89 K2III
HIP 15874 Hor 8.17 1,052.1 48.89 G6III
HIP 70682 Lib 7.78 879.1 48.89 K0III
6 Crv Crv 5.66 331.1 48.89 K1III
HIP 81382 Ara 10.48 3,048.2 48.89 F0
HIP 66061 CVn 8.63 1,299.4 48.84 K0
HIP 14516 Per 8.70 1,342.2 48.84 A0
HIP 115934 Peg 7.92 937.2 48.84 K2III
HIP 111237 Gru 6.91 588.7 48.84 K0III
HIP 94254 Oct 8.63 1,299.4 48.84 M0/M1III:
HIP 90091 Her 7.84 903.5 48.84 A2
HIP 45509 ◈ Vel 8.52 1,235.4 48.84 M3III
HIP 44900 Pyx 8.15 1,042.0 48.84 K0III
HIP 40106 Cnc 9.08 1,598.8 48.84 K2
53 Aur Aur 5.76 346.6 48.84 B9npe...
HIP 35565 Gem 7.16 660.2 48.80 A2
HIP 49085 Vel 8.31 1,120.8 48.80 G8/K0III
HIP 29588 Cam 7.69 842.8 48.80 K2
HIP 28265 Mon 8.07 1,003.6 48.80 K0
HIP 36965 Lyn 6.37 458.7 48.80 F0
HIP 96935 Pav 8.09 1,012.9 48.80 G8III
HIP 93845 Vul 5.78 349.6 48.80 A4III
HIP 89507 CrA 5.45 300.3 48.80 G8/K0III
HIP 115388 And 9.65 2,077.4 48.80 M0
HIP 107993 Aqr 6.66 524.4 48.80 G5
HIP 115515 Gru 9.19 1,681.2 48.80 M2/M3III:
HIP 57476 Cen 8.37 1,152.5 48.80 G8III
HIP 70860 Aps 8.05 994.4 48.80 A0V
HIP 88228 Pav 8.01 976.5 48.80 A3III/IV
HIP 68364 Hya 8.34 1,136.4 48.80 K0III
HIP 7369 Psc 8.07 1,003.6 48.80 G5
HIP 17423 Tau 8.05 994.4 48.80 B9
HIP 11701 Hor 7.89 924.0 48.80 G6III
HIP 17208 Hor 9.06 1,583.3 48.80 K1III
Red Rectangle ◈ Mon 8.85 1,436.8 48.75 B8
HIP 16389 Tau 6.64 519.4 48.75 A0
HIP 10151 Cet 9.05 1,575.6 48.75 F7V
HIP 6661 Cas 7.76 869.7 48.75 A0
HIP 116296 Phe 8.23 1,080.0 48.75 G8III
HIP 74317 Lib 8.85 1,436.8 48.75 K3/K4III:
HIP 86334 Aps 7.72 853.8 48.75 K4III
HIP 92411 Pav 7.72 853.8 48.75 K2/K3IIICN.
HIP 79254 Her 7.55 789.7 48.75 K0
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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.