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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 55727 Leo 8.77 3,229.3 264.97 K2
HIP 109580 Ind 8.77 3,229.3 264.97 M3III
HIP 45679 ◈ Pyx 7.48 1,782.3 264.97 M4III
HIP 3787 Cas 6.82 1,315.1 264.97 F8
HIP 470 And 8.47 2,811.7 264.97 B1.5IV
HIP 76519 UMi 5.65 767.4 264.97 M0III
HIP 43174 Pyx 8.47 2,811.7 264.97 K5/M0III
HIP 744 Phe 7.05 1,462.6 264.97 B5V
HIP 12150 Cas 8.47 2,811.7 264.97 B9III
HIP 107541 Peg 7.13 1,517.0 264.97 K2
HIP 110949 Cep 7.59 1,874.5 264.73 K5
HIP 59784 Crv 7.40 1,716.6 264.48 K2III
5 Lyn Lyn 5.21 626.0 264.48 K4III
22Del Mon Mon 4.15 384.2 264.24 A2V
HIP 98238 Vul 7.63 1,907.3 264.24 A0
HIP 69543 Cen 8.51 2,861.0 264.24 B4III
HIP 29739 Ori 6.63 1,203.5 264.24 B3IV
HIP 60905 Cru 6.93 1,382.0 264.24 B3V
HIP 117310 Cas 8.51 2,861.0 264.24 A
HIP 107002 Cyg 8.16 2,434.0 264.00 G5
60 Cnc Cnc 5.44 695.4 264.00 K5III
HIP 6721 Scl 7.46 1,763.0 264.00 K1III
HIP 40282 Vel 5.52 721.6 264.00 M1III
HIP 42289 Pyx 8.63 3,020.0 263.75 A0V
HIP 103954 Pav 7.67 1,941.4 263.75 G3Iab:
HIP 23812 Pic 8.57 2,938.3 263.75 K3III
HIP 41008 Vel 7.99 2,249.4 263.75 K5III
HIP 99944 Cyg 8.33 2,630.3 263.75 B0III
HIP 35669 Mon 6.60 1,186.0 263.75 B5III
HIP 94339 Tel 8.02 2,280.8 263.75 K2/K3V
HIP 37917 Lyn 6.97 1,405.8 263.75 K5
HIP 38744 Lyn 7.25 1,598.8 263.51 A2
HIP 96982 Cyg 7.25 1,598.8 263.51 G5
HIP 5816 Cas 7.57 1,853.2 263.51 K0
HIP 116362 And 7.45 1,753.5 263.51 K0
HIP 45328 Vel 5.26 639.5 263.51 G8II/III
HIP 4268 And 8.18 2,452.3 263.27 M...
HIP 1014 And 8.18 2,452.3 263.27 K0
HIP 7969 Tri 6.99 1,418.1 263.27 K2
HIP 13995 Eri 8.44 2,764.0 263.27 K0III
HIP 103828 ◈ Cyg 6.18 976.5 263.27 M3Ib-II:
HIP 117359 Psc 7.44 1,744.1 263.27 K0
HIP 103050 Cep 7.50 1,792.1 263.03 B8
HIP 85103 UMi 7.22 1,575.6 263.03 K0
HIP 26115 Cam 7.74 2,001.0 262.78 A0
HIP 30921 Cam 7.95 2,203.8 262.78 K2
HIP 92378 Pav 8.04 2,296.9 262.78 K1III
HIP 63915 Vir 7.18 1,545.8 262.78 K4III
HIP 19277 Ret 7.95 2,203.8 262.78 K3III
HIP 4633 And 8.46 2,787.7 262.78 B9
HIP 117348 Peg 7.98 2,233.9 262.54 K2III
HIP 115048 Cas 8.78 3,229.3 262.54 B9Iab
HIP 94143 Dra 7.60 1,874.5 262.30 K5
HIP 95755 ◈ Sgr 6.77 1,279.0 262.30 B2IV
HIP 101926 ◈ Aqr 7.81 2,064.3 262.30 M...
HIP 58690 Mus 8.76 3,197.6 262.30 K0III
HIP 107495 Peg 7.69 1,953.0 262.06 A0
HIP 47522 Hya 4.76 506.5 262.06 B5V
HIP 15285 Ari 7.41 1,716.6 262.06 K5
HIP 717 Psc 7.31 1,639.0 262.06 K2
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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.