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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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Brightest in our sky Nearest to the Sun Most luminous Stars with proper names Variable stars
StarConstellationMagnitude Distance (ly)Luminosity (Suns)Spectral type
Alnilam 46Eps Ori ◈ Ori 1.69 1,976.7 67,484 B0Ia
Rigel 19Bet Ori Ori 0.18 862.8 51,665 B8Ia
Deneb 50Alp Cyg ◈ Cyg 1.25 1,411.9 51,618 A2Ia
Wezen 25Del CMa CMa 1.83 1,606.7 39,192 F8Ia
24Omi2CMa ◈ CMa 3.02 2,764.0 38,761 B3Ia
Arneb 11Alp Lep Lep 2.58 2,218.7 37,428 F0Ib
Hatysa 44Iot Ori Ori 2.75 2,329.7 35,286 O9III
Sadr 37Gam Cyg Cyg 2.23 1,832.3 35,253 F8Ib
Aludra 31Eta CMa ◈ CMa 2.45 1,988.8 33,916 B5Ia
Almaaz 7Eps Aur ◈ Aur 3.03 2,131.7 22,845 F0Ia
Gam2Vel ◈ Vel 1.75 1,117.0 20,380 WC8 + O9I
Iot1Sco Sco 2.99 1,929.9 19,427 F3Ia
67Sig Cyg Cyg 4.22 2,886.3 13,996 B9Iab
Canopus Alp Car Car -0.62 309.2 13,855 F0Ib
Betelgeuse 58Alp Ori ◈ Ori 0.45 497.9 13,415 M2Ib
30Tau CMa ◈ CMa 4.37 2,992.3 13,098 O9Ib
Naos Zet Pup ◈ Pup 2.21 1,083.6 12,555 O5IAf
Ups Car Car 2.92 1,436.8 11,482 A9
36Ups Ori Ori 4.62 2,861.0 9,506.05 B0V
Antares 21Alp Sco ◈ Sco 1.06 553.7 9,453.66 M1Ib + B2.5V
20Iot CMa ◈ CMa 4.36 2,508.9 9,289.66 B3Ib/II
32Nu Aql Aql 4.64 2,836.1 9,179.10 F2Ib
HIP 36431 Pup 4.85 3,106.2 9,069.85 A6Ib/II
47 Cyg Cyg 4.61 2,764.0 8,961.90 K2Ib comp
Alnitak 50Zet Ori Ori 1.74 736.2 8,937.17 O9.5Ib SB
Phi Vel Vel 3.52 1,591.0 8,098.41 B5Ib
HIP 43023 Vel 3.87 1,853.2 7,957.93 A1III
HIP 16281 ◈ Cam 4.55 2,508.9 7,798.30 A0Ia SB:
35 Cyg Cyg 5.14 3,166.6 7,217.72 F5Ib
Hadar Bet Cen ◈ Cen 0.61 392.0 7,171.33 B1III
Zet1Sco ◈ Sco 4.70 2,568.2 7,118.69 B1Iae
HIP 42624 Vel 4.74 2,548.1 6,754.61 A5II
HIP 47854 ◈ Car 3.69 1,560.6 6,661.93 G5Iab/Ib
Iot2Sco Sco 4.78 2,548.1 6,510.28 A6Ib
HIP 16228 ◈ Cam 4.21 1,941.4 6,385.57 B9Ia
HIP 58587 ◈ Crv 5.28 3,166.6 6,344.54 B2IV
Aspidiske Iot Car Car 2.21 765.6 6,269.02 A8Ib
4 Lac Lac 4.55 2,249.4 6,269.02 B9Iab
HIP 42312 Vel 4.11 1,822.1 6,171.63 A6II
Shaula 35Lam Sco ◈ Sco 1.62 571.2 6,008.97 B1.5IV+...
HIP 52102 Car 4.69 2,346.4 5,997.91 K4/K5III:
Azmidi 7Xi Pup Pup 3.34 1,199.1 5,430.00 G6Ia
HIP 41639 Vel 5.03 2,609.2 5,420.01 B+...
Avior Eps Car Car 1.86 605.1 5,405.05 K3III+B2V
30Eta Leo Leo 3.48 1,269.1 5,345.64 A0Ib
55 Cyg ◈ Cyg 4.81 2,329.7 5,291.76 B3Ia
HIP 34301 ◈ CMa 5.41 3,048.2 5,214.35 B0.5IV
Saiph 53Kap Ori Ori 2.07 647.1 5,095.65 B0.5Iavar
HIP 38164 Pup 4.10 1,647.3 5,090.96 B0III
Mintaka 34Del Ori ◈ Ori 2.25 692.5 4,943.11 O9.5II
119 Tau ◈ Tau 4.32 1,792.1 4,920.40 M2Ib
8Pi 5Ori ◈ Ori 3.71 1,342.2 4,839.49 B2III SB
Gam Ara Ara 3.31 1,113.2 4,812.82 B1Ib
HIP 25950 Tau 5.50 2,992.3 4,625.94 B7III
HIP 38518 Pup 4.22 1,655.6 4,604.69 B0.5Ib
14 Cep ◈ Cep 5.55 3,048.2 4,583.53 O9V
HIP 80945 ◈ Sco 5.31 2,718.0 4,545.69 B1Ia
HIP 124 Cas 5.58 3,076.9 4,541.51 F0III
45 Dra Dra 4.77 2,117.9 4,537.33 F7Ib
HIP 51313 Car 5.27 2,651.7 4,487.45 K3Ib
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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.