Star lists
Seven rankings over the same catalog of 502 named stars, 8,962 naked-eye stars and every known exoplanet host, plus one list for each of the 88 constellations.
The nearest stars to EarthEvery star we hold within reach of Earth, closest first, with distance in light-years, brightness as seen from here, and spectral class. Distances are catalogued parallax measurements, not estimates.The brightest stars in the night skyThe stars that dominate the night, ranked by apparent magnitude: the lower the number, the brighter the star. Everything above magnitude 6 is visible from a dark site without equipment.Named stars, A to ZThe stars that carry a name rather than a catalog number: official IAU names, traditional proper names, and the famous stars profiled here in depth. Alphabetical, with the constellation each one sits in.The hottest starsSurface temperature decides a star's colour: our own Sun runs at about 5,772 K and looks yellow-white, while the stars at the top of this list burn blue at ten times that.The largest starsRadius in units of the Sun's. Put the star at the top of this list where the Sun is and its surface would swallow Jupiter's orbit.The most luminous starsLuminosity is the light a star actually pours out, in units of the Sun's, regardless of how far away it is. It is the honest measure of a star's power, where apparent brightness is only how it looks from here.The closest stars with known planetsEvery star near Earth that is confirmed to hold at least one planet, closest first. These are the systems any realistic search for another Earth starts with, because they are the ones we can actually study.
Stars by constellation
Andromeda 59Antlia 10Apus 13Aquarius 110Aquila 41Ara 22Aries 27Auriga 32Boötes 52Caelum 13Camelopardalis 43Cancer 116Canes Venatici 21Canis Major 49Canis Minor 12Capricornus 31Carina 66Cassiopeia 50Centaurus 107Cepheus 55Cetus 90Chamaeleon 17Circinus 7Columba 24Coma Berenices 22Corona Australis 7Corona Borealis 16Corvus 14Crater 22Crux 13Cygnus 1247Delphinus 16Dorado 16Draco 236Equuleus 8Eridanus 103Fornax 25Gemini 45Grus 25Hercules 84Horologium 17Hydra 91Hydrus 24Indus 15Lacerta 17Leo 103Leo Minor 20Lepus 32Libra 37Lupus 38Lynx 20Lyra 741Mensa 19Microscopium 14Monoceros 42Musca 15Norma 8Octans 23Ophiuchus 105Orion 54Pavo 32Pegasus 57Perseus 49Phoenix 40Pictor 23Pisces 92Piscis Austrinus 16Puppis 58Pyxis 10Reticulum 22Sagitta 10Sagittarius 249Scorpius 130Sculptor 24Scutum 6Serpens 40Sextans 25Taurus 110Telescopium 19Triangulum 8Triangulum Australe 8Tucana 32Ursa Major 101Ursa Minor 31Vela 53Virgo 174Volans 26Vulpecula 14