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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 45530 Hya 8.39 1,156.6 48.26 K2
HIP 48982 Leo 5.75 343.0 48.26 G9III:
HIP 42155 Pyx 9.02 1,545.8 48.26 A1V
HIP 37829 Pup 7.19 665.6 48.26 A0IV
HIP 3607 Cet 5.49 304.3 48.26 G8/K0III
HIP 6321 Phe 8.88 1,449.6 48.26 A4/A7:m...
HIP 11172 Ari 8.50 1,217.0 48.26 K0
HIP 4612 Psc 7.37 723.2 48.26 A2
HIP 8218 Cet 8.22 1,069.4 48.26 G5
HIP 9508 And 7.09 635.8 48.26 B8
HIP 75793 Boo 7.89 918.7 48.26 K0
HIP 73250 Cen 7.80 881.5 48.26 B8II/III
HIP 68632 Hya 9.85 2,265.0 48.22 G8V
HIP 51541 Vel 7.86 906.0 48.22 K2III
HIP 65189 CVn 9.26 1,725.7 48.22 G8IV
HIP 62049 Hya 8.33 1,124.7 48.22 K0III
HIP 64845 Com 7.48 760.3 48.22 G5
HIP 24185 Cam 8.43 1,177.5 48.22 K5
30Xi Aur Aur 4.96 238.2 48.22 A2V
HIP 27888 Cam 8.55 1,244.9 48.22 K0
HIP 28680 Men 8.94 1,489.3 48.22 A1V
HIP 6095 Scl 7.67 829.9 48.22 G8III
HIP 18970 Men 8.30 1,109.4 48.22 K3III
HIP 14724 Cas 8.94 1,489.3 48.22 A2
HIP 109146 Cep 8.90 1,462.6 48.22 A0
HIP 113452 And 9.00 1,531.2 48.22 B8
HIP 114668 Oct 9.26 1,725.7 48.22 M...
HIP 111849 ◈ Cep 8.15 1,035.4 48.22 A0p
HIP 39661 Cnc 9.49 1,918.6 48.22 F2
HIP 57923 ◈ Cam 9.33 1,782.3 48.22 M0
HIP 42611 Vel 8.92 1,475.8 48.22 K2
HIP 43116 Hya 8.98 1,517.0 48.22 A2
HIP 55147 UMa 8.36 1,140.4 48.22 K0
HIP 117024 Cas 8.15 1,035.4 48.22 A0
HIP 108743 Peg 8.91 1,469.2 48.22 K2
HIP 60923 Com 8.91 1,469.2 48.22 K4IV
HIP 86310 Oph 8.33 1,124.7 48.22 G5
HIP 80479 Her 6.73 538.2 48.22 K2
HIP 84795 Dra 8.99 1,524.1 48.22 M0
HIP 85048 Sco 5.91 369.0 48.22 K1III
HIP 82019 UMi 8.25 1,083.6 48.17 G5
HIP 84700 Ara 6.50 483.9 48.17 K1III
HIP 117319 Psc 8.09 1,006.7 48.17 G5
HIP 48893 UMa 5.86 360.4 48.17 K3III:
HIP 49541 Hya 6.72 535.6 48.17 A8/A9IV/V
HIP 108549 Peg 7.91 926.6 48.17 K2
HIP 105781 Pav 7.32 706.0 48.17 G8III
HIP 50009 Leo 9.44 1,874.5 48.17 A3
HIP 63556 Vir 8.07 997.4 48.17 A1V
HIP 60709 Cen 7.60 803.3 48.17 A3V
HIP 66667 Boo 7.82 888.7 48.17 G8III
HIP 69433 Hya 7.21 671.1 48.17 K0III
HIP 92 Cet 8.68 1,320.5 48.17 G8III
HIP 2611 Cas 5.93 372.3 48.17 K0III
HIP 27879 Lep 7.21 671.1 48.17 K4/K5III
HIP 16782 Per 6.89 579.3 48.17 B8V
HIP 8629 Cas 7.98 956.5 48.13 B8V
HIP 22050 ◈ Per 8.31 1,113.2 48.13 F2
HIP 24766 Aur 6.93 589.8 48.13 —
HIP 27565 Ori 9.61 2,025.8 48.13 F5
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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.