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.

White dwarf

Brown dwarf

Star	Constellation	Magnitude	Distance (ly)	Luminosity (Suns)	Spectral type
Achernar Alp Eri ◈	Eri	0.45	139.4	1,051.96	B3Vp
Betelgeuse 58Alp Ori ◈	Ori	0.45	497.9	13,415	M2Ib
Hadar Bet Cen ◈	Cen	0.61	392.0	7,171.33	B1III
Altair 53Alp Aql ◈	Aql	0.76	16.7	11.38	A7IV-V
Aldebaran 87Alp Tau ◈	Tau	0.87	66.6	163.23	K5III
Spica 67Alp Vir ◈	Vir	0.98	249.7	2,070.14	B1V
Antares 21Alp Sco ◈	Sco	1.06	553.7	9,453.66	M1Ib + B2.5V
Mimosa Bet Cru ◈	Cru	1.25	278.5	2,008.17	B0.5III
Deneb 50Alp Cyg ◈	Cyg	1.25	1,411.9	51,618	A2Ia
Shaula 35Lam Sco ◈	Sco	1.62	571.2	6,008.97	B1.5IV+...
Alnilam 46Eps Ori ◈	Ori	1.69	1,976.7	67,484	B0Ia
Gam2Vel ◈	Vel	1.75	1,117.0	20,380	WC8 + O9I
Alioth 77Eps UMa ◈	UMa	1.76	82.6	110.26	A0p
Menkalinan 34Bet Aur ◈	Aur	1.90	81.1	93.58	A2V
Alsephina Del Vel ◈	Vel	1.93	80.6	89.78	A1V
Polaris 1Alp UMi ◈	UMi	1.97	432.6	2,495.74	F7:Ib-IIv SB
Mirzam 2Bet CMa ◈	CMa	1.98	492.7	3,209.22	B1II/III
Alpheratz 21Alp And ◈	And	2.07	97.0	114.50	B9p
Algol 26Bet Per ◈	Per	2.09	89.9	96.56	B8V
Cih 27Gam Cas ◈	Cas	2.15	549.1	3,407.22	B0IV:evar
Naos Zet Pup ◈	Pup	2.21	1,083.6	12,555	O5IAf
Alphecca 5Alp CrB ◈	CrB	2.22	75.0	59.70	A0V
Suhail Lam Vel ◈	Vel	2.23	544.5	3,113.15	K4Ib-II
Schedar 18Alp Cas ◈	Cas	2.24	228.2	542.00	K0II-IIIvar
Mintaka 34Del Ori ◈	Ori	2.25	692.5	4,943.11	O9.5II
Caph 11Bet Cas ◈	Cas	2.28	54.7	30.06	F2III-IV
Eps Cen ◈	Cen	2.29	427.5	1,814.68	B1III
Dschubba 7Del Sco ◈	Sco	2.29	491.2	2,396.62	B0.2IV
Alp Lup ◈	Lup	2.30	464.6	2,124.22	B1.5III
Eta Cen ◈	Cen	2.33	305.7	894.54	B1Vn + A
Enif 8Eps Peg ◈	Peg	2.38	689.5	4,349.11	K2Ibvar
Kap Sco ◈	Sco	2.39	483.2	2,114.46	B1.5III
Scheat 53Bet Peg ◈	Peg	2.44	196.0	332.35	M2II-IIIvar
Aludra 31Eta CMa ◈	CMa	2.45	1,988.8	33,916	B5Ia
Menkar 92Alp Cet ◈	Cet	2.54	249.2	489.78	M2III
13Zet Oph ◈	Oph	2.54	366.1	1,057.79	O9.5V
Del Cen ◈	Cen	2.58	415.0	1,309.78	B2IVne
Mahasim 37The Aur ◈	Aur	2.65	165.6	195.52	A0p Si
Ruchbah 37Del Cas ◈	Cas	2.66	99.4	69.82	A5Vv SB
Alp Mus ◈	Mus	2.69	315.4	683.60	B2IV-V
Pi Pup ◈	Pup	2.71	807.3	4,397.44	K3Ib
Rasalgethi 64Alp1Her ◈	Her	2.78	359.6	818.09	M5IIvar
Imai Del Cru ◈	Cru	2.79	345.1	746.79	B2IV
Algenib 88Gam Peg ◈	Peg	2.83	391.5	926.40	B2IV
Tureis 15Rho Pup ◈	Pup	2.83	63.5	24.39	F2mF5IIp
Alp Ara ◈	Ara	2.84	267.3	427.76	B2Vne
Deneb Algedi 49Del Cap ◈	Cap	2.85	38.7	8.89	A5mF2 (IV)
Tejat 13Mu Gem ◈	Gem	2.87	231.6	312.46	M3IIIvar
Gomeisa 3Bet CMi ◈	CMi	2.89	161.7	149.42	B8Vvar
Cor Caroli 12Alp2CVn ◈	CVn	2.89	114.8	75.37	A0spe...
Fang 6Pi Sco ◈	Sco	2.89	585.6	1,960.65	B1V + B2V
45Eps Per ◈	Per	2.90	638.3	2,307.81	B0.5V
Alniyat 20Sig Sco ◈	Sco	2.90	696.9	2,751.69	B1III
23Gam Per ◈	Per	2.91	243.2	332.05	G8III+...
Zaurak 34Gam Eri ◈	Eri	2.97	203.3	219.58	M1IIIb Ca-1
Tianguan 123Zet Tau ◈	Tau	2.97	445.0	1,050.99	B4IIIp
Pherkad 13Gam UMi ◈	UMi	3.00	486.8	1,224.62	A3II-III
Xamidimura Mu 1Sco ◈	Sco	3.00	501.0	1,296.58	B1.5IV + B
39Del Per ◈	Per	3.01	516.1	1,362.70	B5III SB
24Omi2CMa ◈	CMa	3.02	2,764.0	38,761	B3Ia

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.