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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 27918 Ori 8.84 86.7 0.18 K3V
HIP 28764 Pup 6.35 86.7 1.77 G0IV-V
HIP 28066 Ori 6.60 86.8 1.41 G5IV
HIP 42940 Lyn 8.52 86.8 0.24 K3V
HIP 99916 Aql 11.16 86.8 0.02 —
HIP 60729 Cen 6.25 86.8 1.95 G5IV-V
Seginus 27Gam Boo ◈ Boo 3.04 86.8 37.50 A7IIIvar
HIP 31148 CMa 11.42 86.8 0.02 M
1 Hya Hya 5.61 86.8 3.52 F3V
HIP 97767 Aql 6.16 86.8 2.12 G0V
51Mu Cap Cap 5.08 86.8 5.73 F3IV
HIP 19930 Per 8.25 86.8 0.31 K2
HIP 26175 Lep 8.80 86.8 0.19 K2V
HIP 76603 Lib 6.45 86.8 1.62 F6V
HIP 83147 Oph 10.38 86.8 0.04 M1V:
HIP 112388 Aqr 11.98 86.8 0.01 M1V:
HIP 52470 UMa 8.02 86.9 0.38 G5
Algorab 7Del Crv Crv 2.94 86.9 41.19 B9.5V
72 Oph Oph 3.71 86.9 20.27 A4IVs
HIP 54459 Leo 9.75 86.9 0.08 K0
HIP 81746 Sco 7.03 86.9 0.95 G3V
HIP 117697 Aqr 11.69 86.9 0.01 —
HIP 11650 Cet 12.79 86.9 0.00 DA
HIP 107968 Peg 12.74 87.0 0.00 DA:
HIP 38117 Lyn 8.86 87.0 0.18 K4V
HIP 40438 Vel 6.63 87.0 1.38 G1V
HIP 15323 Ari 6.40 87.0 1.71 G0
HIP 24454 Ori 9.97 87.0 0.06 K2III
HIP 34785 CMa 10.37 87.0 0.04 M0V:
HIP 77409 UMi 9.24 87.0 0.12 K5
HIP 91949 Lyr 7.54 87.0 0.60 K0
76Sig Cet Cet 4.74 87.1 7.88 F5V
HIP 38018 Cam 7.06 87.1 0.93 G0
HIP 13665 Cas 5.59 87.1 3.61 F4V
HIP 98192 Cyg 7.91 87.1 0.43 K1V
Wazn Bet Col Col 3.12 87.2 35.16 K1.5III
24Iot Crt Crt 5.48 87.2 4.00 F7V
HIP 62942 Vir 8.24 87.2 0.31 G5
HYG 118944 CVn 14.54 87.2 0.00 m
HIP 3505 Cet 5.22 87.2 5.09 F0V
HIP 27397 Lep 10.98 87.2 0.03 —
HIP 36853 Gem 11.53 87.2 0.02 —
HIP 81385 Sco 9.18 87.2 0.13 K4V
Rho Ind Ind 6.04 87.2 2.39 G4IV-V
HIP 95467 Pav 8.40 87.3 0.27 K5V
HIP 28964 Pic 9.40 87.3 0.11 K5V
HIP 49066 LMi 11.93 87.3 0.01 M:
HIP 67756 Dra 11.92 87.3 0.01 M1
HIP 23309 Dor 10.02 87.3 0.06 —
HIP 107143 Gru 8.82 87.4 0.19 K5V
HIP 13601 Ari 7.41 87.4 0.68 G5
HIP 80559 Nor 10.69 87.4 0.03 M1
HIP 89087 Her 10.00 87.4 0.06 K7
HIP 4223 And 11.11 87.4 0.02 M2
HYG 117966 Cep 13.40 87.4 0.00 —
HIP 64262 Vir 9.31 87.5 0.12 K5
HIP 64475 Cen 8.03 87.5 0.38 K1IV/V
HIP 90035 Ser 10.12 87.5 0.06 K7V
HYG 118939 Boo 11.45 87.5 0.02 —
HIP 68634 Boo 7.12 87.5 0.89 G5
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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.