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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
29 CMa ◈ CMa 4.88 1,907.3 3,326.60 O7f
HIP 115990 ◈ Cas 4.89 621.2 349.62 B3IV
25Psi1Ori ◈ Ori 4.89 1,038.7 977.24 B1V:pe
HIP 52009 ◈ Hya 4.89 679.5 418.41 C
12 Vul ◈ Vul 4.90 629.6 355.80 B2.5V
HIP 61966 ◈ Cru 4.91 956.5 813.58 B6IV
HIP 66257 ◈ CVn 4.91 148.9 19.73 F2IV SB
Nu Tuc ◈ Tuc 4.91 290.2 74.89 M4III
19Del Lib ◈ Lib 4.91 293.6 76.63 B9.5V
HIP 36547 ◈ Cam 4.92 499.5 219.79 M4IIIa
17 Lep ◈ Lep 4.92 908.5 727.78 Ap shell
46Psi1Aur ◈ Aur 4.92 — 93,756,201 K5Iabvar
78 Vir ◈ Vir 4.92 184.8 30.09 A1p SrCrEu
31 Com ◈ Com 4.93 290.7 73.79 G0III
HIP 43937 ◈ Car 4.93 673.9 396.64 B2IV-V
HIP 69269 ◈ Vir 4.93 460.7 185.35 M1III
HIP 102571 ◈ Cyg 4.93 445.0 172.82 K3IIIvar
28 Cyg ◈ Cyg 4.93 1,035.4 935.84 B2.5V
92Chi Aqr ◈ Aqr 4.93 613.1 328.10 M3III
29 Cyg ◈ Cyg 4.93 139.3 16.94 A2V
HIP 50933 ◈ UMa 4.94 339.4 99.63 A0sp...
45Ome1Cyg ◈ Cyg 4.94 908.5 714.50 B2.5IV
6 Tri ◈ Tri 4.94 290.7 73.11 F5V comp SB
48 Lib ◈ Lib 4.95 467.9 187.76 B8Ia/Iab
20Pi Cas ◈ Cas 4.95 175.1 26.28 A5V
19 Psc ◈ Psc 4.95 898.5 691.83 C5II
HIP 98608 ◈ Pav 4.95 475.4 193.73 M6III
8Kap Psc ◈ Psc 4.95 153.5 20.19 A0p
HIP 78180 ◈ Dra 4.96 109.5 10.19 F0IV
104 Her ◈ Her 4.96 544.5 251.88 M3III
41The1Ori ◈ Ori 4.98 — 88,715,601 O7
9 Aur ◈ Aur 4.98 85.7 6.13 F0V
19 Mon ◈ Mon 4.99 1,217.0 1,223.49 B1V
HIP 69389 ◈ Vir 4.99 258.2 55.11 B9p Si
HIP 45085 ◈ Vel 4.99 — 87,902,252 B5Ia
HIP 57175 ◈ Cen 5.00 — 87,096,359 F9Ia
111 Tau ◈ Tau 5.00 46.9 1.80 F8V SB
HIP 84833 ◈ Her 5.01 479.6 186.55 M2III
14 Aur ◈ Aur 5.01 285.6 66.19 A9IV
1 Lyn ◈ Lyn 5.01 638.3 330.52 M3III
4 Dra ◈ Dra 5.01 621.2 313.04 M3IIIa
HIP 56862 ◈ Mus 5.01 501.8 204.17 G2III + A
47 Psc ◈ Psc 5.01 528.6 226.78 M3IIIvar
HIP 72800 ◈ Cen 5.02 491.9 194.45 B7II/III
HIP 69618 ◈ Cen 5.03 481.8 184.84 B4Vne
45Lam Lib ◈ Lib 5.04 309.4 75.58 B3V
68 Cyg ◈ Cyg 5.04 — 83,945,999 O8
Del Cir ◈ Cir 5.04 — 83,945,999 O8.5V
5 Ser ◈ Ser 5.04 82.8 5.41 F8III-IV
57 Peg ◈ Peg 5.05 782.1 478.19 M4Sv
HIP 37391 ◈ Cep 5.05 455.5 162.18 M2III
Pleione 28 Tau ◈ Tau 5.05 381.9 114.08 B7p
Eps Aps ◈ Aps 5.06 644.6 321.81 B4V
81Phi Peg ◈ Peg 5.06 462.6 165.81 M2III
HIP 17296 ◈ Cam 5.06 519.4 208.93 S5.3 SB:
Zet Cha ◈ Cha 5.07 572.2 251.42 B5V
51 Gem ◈ Gem 5.07 540.9 224.49 K3V
18 Aql ◈ Aql 5.07 698.4 374.28 B8III
Omi1Cen ◈ Cen 5.07 — 81,658,237 G0Ia
30Bet Sex ◈ Sex 5.08 404.7 124.51 B6V
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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.