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.
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| Star | Constellation | Magnitude | 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 |