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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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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 2562 Cas 8.40 1,160.7 48.13 Ap...
HIP 28862 Ori 8.23 1,072.9 48.13 K0
HIP 29826 Gem 8.34 1,128.6 48.13 K0
HIP 8629 Cas 7.98 956.5 48.13 B8V
HIP 10896 Phe 8.62 1,284.1 48.13 A0III/IV
HIP 23910 Col 6.51 486.1 48.13 K1III
HIP 64757 Cen 9.61 2,025.8 48.13 G2IV/V
HIP 62228 Cen 8.23 1,072.9 48.13 K0III
HIP 69545 Cen 7.11 640.8 48.13 G8/K0III
HIP 81285 Her 7.85 901.0 48.13 F2
HIP 89689 Lyr 7.85 901.0 48.13 A0
HIP 89161 Ser 8.37 1,144.4 48.13 A0
HIP 99460 Cap 7.78 872.1 48.13 K0III
HIP 92352 Lyr 6.54 492.7 48.13 G5
HIP 86436 Her 7.70 840.6 48.13 A0
HIP 44870 Cnc 7.58 795.5 48.13 K0
HIP 24766 Aur 6.93 589.8 48.13 —
HIP 33866 Mon 9.61 2,025.8 48.13 A2
HIP 19138 Cam 8.77 1,376.2 48.13 K2
HIP 47320 Car 7.34 712.1 48.13 A1IV/V
HIP 27565 Ori 9.61 2,025.8 48.13 F5
HIP 51846 UMa 7.22 673.9 48.13 K2III
HIP 40009 Cnc 8.02 973.6 48.08 K1III
HIP 24867 Ori 8.79 1,387.9 48.08 A0
HIP 37537 Pup 8.69 1,325.8 48.08 K1III
HIP 51834 Vel 7.69 836.3 48.08 K4III
HIP 46058 Leo 6.41 463.9 48.08 G5III-IV
HIP 45784 Vel 8.16 1,038.7 48.08 G8/K0III
HIP 46981 UMa 7.55 784.0 48.08 K0
HIP 38405 Gem 8.14 1,028.9 48.08 F5
HIP 50848 Leo 7.12 643.3 48.08 G5
HIP 100232 Aql 6.05 393.0 48.08 K0
HIP 92730 Pav 8.14 1,028.9 48.08 K0III
HIP 104249 Mic 8.48 1,203.5 48.08 G8III
HIP 88494 Oph 8.78 1,382.0 48.08 A0
HIP 91441 Sgr 8.78 1,382.0 48.08 G8IV
HIP 91461 Tel 5.84 356.8 48.08 A3V
HIP 81669 Dra 8.16 1,038.7 48.08 K2
HIP 74070 Boo 7.90 921.3 48.08 G8II
HIP 17534 Hor 5.72 337.6 48.08 K1III
HIP 24931 Pic 7.81 883.9 48.08 G8III
HIP 16316 Per 7.28 692.5 48.08 K0
HIP 13869 Cet 7.55 784.0 48.08 K4V
HIP 20401 Eri 8.21 1,062.4 48.04 K5
HIP 12515 Cet 8.63 1,289.2 48.04 K2
HIP 24099 Lep 7.13 645.9 48.04 B8
HIP 6222 Scl 8.12 1,019.2 48.04 G8IIICN...
HIP 105995 Peg 7.54 780.3 48.04 F5
HIP 108642 Aqr 8.29 1,101.9 48.04 G5
HIP 115992 And 9.68 2,090.7 48.04 K5
HIP 108316 Peg 6.87 573.2 48.04 K0
HIP 71632 Lib 6.73 537.3 48.04 G5
HIP 62388 Com 6.66 520.2 48.04 K0
HIP 77319 Aps 7.68 832.0 48.04 B8IV
HIP 104656 Cep 8.70 1,331.2 48.04 F2
HIP 102552 Cyg 9.13 1,622.7 48.04 B8
HIP 45577 UMa 8.70 1,331.2 48.04 F5
HIP 33175 Mon 7.29 695.4 48.04 B8
HIP 29619 CMa 6.98 602.9 48.04 A0V
HIP 43927 Vol 8.26 1,087.2 48.04 F3/F5II
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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.