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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
HIP 36430 Gem 10.41 2,912.1 47.60 sdF8:
HIP 101368 Mic 7.78 867.4 47.60 A6IV
HIP 94766 Aql 8.39 1,148.4 47.56 K2
HIP 102055 Aqr 8.33 1,117.0 47.56 K0
HIP 100021 Vul 9.13 1,614.6 47.56 A5
HIP 99252 Cyg 7.51 765.6 47.56 F0
HIP 91711 Pav 8.20 1,052.1 47.56 K3/K4III
HIP 94641 Sge 7.21 667.0 47.56 K0III
HIP 90622 Lyr 9.85 2,249.4 47.56 K5
HIP 42636 Lyn 9.57 1,976.7 47.56 F5
HIP 30959 Pic 6.81 554.7 47.56 F0III
HIP 24565 Aur 8.00 959.3 47.56 A0
HIP 107105 Peg 7.21 667.0 47.56 K5
HIP 114781 And 7.21 667.0 47.56 A0
HIP 62614 Com 6.87 570.2 47.56 K0III
HIP 65622 CVn 8.72 1,336.7 47.56 K0III
HIP 55074 Leo 9.24 1,698.7 47.56 K0
HIP 69182 Boo 8.36 1,132.5 47.56 K0
HIP 72993 Boo 6.92 583.5 47.56 K0III
HIP 69585 Boo 6.45 470.0 47.56 K2
HIP 16997 Cas 7.49 758.5 47.56 G8III
HIP 1120 Psc 7.41 731.3 47.56 G6III
HIP 1470 Psc 7.21 667.0 47.56 K2
HIP 28623 Lep 10.51 3,048.2 47.56 A0
HIP 21774 Per 7.47 751.5 47.56 B8V
HIP 18662 ◈ Per 7.73 847.2 47.56 B8Vp:
HIP 28769 Pup 6.92 583.5 47.56 G8Ib/II
HIP 7690 And 9.65 2,051.3 47.56 K7V
HIP 10330 Ari 9.13 1,614.6 47.56 K0
HIP 8712 Cep 8.83 1,405.8 47.56 A0
HIP 11488 Eri 6.96 594.1 47.51 K1III
HIP 7421 Psc 6.89 575.2 47.51 K1III
HIP 3705 Psc 7.67 823.6 47.51 A2
HIP 11089 Cas 9.61 2,013.3 47.51 B5
HIP 111694 Peg 7.02 610.8 47.51 A3
HIP 113947 Cep 6.63 510.4 47.51 K0
HIP 64343 Hya 9.48 1,896.3 47.51 G8/K0III
HIP 61842 Cen 8.43 1,169.0 47.51 K1II/III
HIP 72643 Lup 7.61 801.4 47.51 K1III/IVCN.
HIP 71452 Boo 6.98 599.6 47.51 A0
HIP 78190 Lib 9.43 1,853.2 47.51 M0
HIP 55260 Leo 9.23 1,689.9 47.51 K0
HIP 49547 LMi 9.61 2,013.3 47.51 F8
HIP 42421 Hya 8.02 967.8 47.51 A2
HIP 35455 Mon 7.95 937.2 47.51 A0
HIP 34083 Aur 6.70 526.9 47.51 G5
HIP 36892 Pup 7.95 937.2 47.51 K1III
HIP 43540 Cnc 8.55 1,235.4 47.51 K0
HIP 102217 ◈ Cap 7.33 704.4 47.51 F2IV/V
HIP 80455 TrA 6.14 407.2 47.51 A1V
HIP 82900 Oph 8.55 1,235.4 47.51 K0
HIP 83624 Oph 8.60 1,264.2 47.51 K0
HIP 102174 Cyg 8.10 1,003.6 47.47 A2
HIP 92939 Pav 8.12 1,012.9 47.47 K0III
HIP 76509 Dra 5.85 356.1 47.47 K1III:
HIP 88615 ◈ Sgr 7.05 618.9 47.47 B9V
HIP 92857 CrA 9.22 1,681.2 47.47 F6IV
HIP 39056 Mon 8.74 1,347.8 47.47 A0...
HIP 37048 CMi 7.66 819.5 47.47 B9
HIP 41958 Vel 7.13 642.0 47.47 G8III
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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.