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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
Ain 74Eps Tau Tau 3.53 146.7 68.17 K0III
Tarf 17Bet Cnc Cnc 3.53 303.4 291.88 K4III
Xi Hya Hya 3.54 129.6 52.77 G8III
32Mu Ser Ser 3.54 169.6 90.36 A0V
55Xi Ser Ser 3.54 105.3 34.83 F0IIIp
41Ups4Eri Eri 3.55 177.9 98.54 B9V
14Zet Lep Lep 3.55 70.5 15.46 A2Vann
Iot Lup Lup 3.55 338.0 355.47 B2.5IV
44Chi Dra Dra 3.55 26.3 2.15 F7Vvar
Del Pav Pav 3.55 19.9 1.24 G5IV-Vvar
8Iot Cet Cet 3.56 274.5 232.49 K2III
Phi Eri Eri 3.56 153.7 72.85 B8IV-V
12Del Crt Crt 3.56 185.7 106.37 K0III
Pipirima Mu 2Sco Sco 3.56 474.1 693.11 B2IV
77Kap Gem Gem 3.57 141.4 61.09 G8III
Alkaphrah 12Kap UMa UMa 3.57 358.4 392.64 A1Vn
25Rho Boo Boo 3.57 160.1 78.34 K3III
Phi1Lup Lup 3.57 275.0 231.21 K5III
54Lam Gem Gem 3.58 100.9 30.82 A3V...
Algedi 6Alp2Cap Cap 3.58 105.8 33.92 G6/G8III
Nembus 51 And And 3.59 177.2 94.19 K3III
20Tau Ori Ori 3.59 494.2 732.49 B5III
13Gam Lep Lep 3.59 29.1 2.54 F7V
Zavijava 5Bet Vir Vir 3.59 35.6 3.81 F8V
Ginan Eps Cru Cru 3.59 229.8 158.49 K3/K4III
45The Cet Cet 3.60 113.8 38.51 K0III
34The Gem Gem 3.60 189.1 106.27 A3III
HIP 42536 ◈ Vel 3.60 493.4 723.77 B3IV
Psi Vel Vel 3.60 61.4 11.19 F2IV
39Ups Lib Lib 3.60 223.7 148.73 K3III
Del Ara Ara 3.60 197.9 116.41 B8V
Bharani 41 Ari Ari 3.61 165.6 80.84 B8Vn
1Omi Tau Tau 3.61 291.0 249.34 G8III
41Lam Hya Hya 3.61 112.5 37.33 K0III
Del Mus Mus 3.61 90.9 24.34 K2III
Eta Pav Pav 3.61 352.2 365.43 K1III
Alpherg 99Eta Psc Psc 3.62 349.6 356.78 G8III
Atlas 27 Tau Tau 3.62 382.4 426.58 B8III
HIP 37819 Pup 3.62 1,132.5 3,742.83 K4III
Zet2Sco Sco 3.62 132.3 51.10 K4III
1Omi And ◈ And 3.62 686.6 1,376.58 B6pv SB
Lam Mus Mus 3.63 127.2 46.77 A7III
Rotanev 6Bet Del Del 3.64 100.9 29.16 F5IV
Prima Hyadum 54Gam Tau Tau 3.65 161.5 74.06 G8III
23 UMa UMa 3.65 77.7 17.12 F0IV
28Bet Ser Ser 3.65 155.1 68.30 A3V
The Ara Ara 3.65 813.4 1,877.59 B2Ib
55Zet1Aqr Aqr 3.65 91.9 23.97 F3III-IV
Nusakan 3Bet CrB ◈ CrB 3.66 111.8 35.16 F0p
40Tau Lib Lib 3.66 366.9 378.44 B2.5V
Thuban 11Alp Dra Dra 3.67 303.1 256.09 A0III SB
Bet Ind Ind 3.67 611.9 1,043.28 K0III
3Pi 4Ori Ori 3.68 1,052.1 3,056.33 B2III SB
Alp Pyx Pyx 3.68 879.1 2,134.03 B1.5III
7Del Sge ◈ Sge 3.68 594.1 974.54 M2II + B6
88 Aqr Aqr 3.68 270.7 202.30 K1III
Fulu 17Zet Cas Cas 3.69 593.0 962.06 B2IV
Chi Eri Eri 3.69 58.2 9.27 G5IV
Saclateni 8Zet Aur ◈ Aur 3.69 785.9 1,690.44 K4II comp
HIP 47854 ◈ Car 3.69 1,560.6 6,661.93 G5Iab/Ib
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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.