The Brightest Stars in the Hipparcos Catalogue

 

HIP Name Designation V B-V Distance (ly) Chart
32349 Sirius 9 alpha CMa -1.44 0.01 8.60 322
30438 Canopus alpha Car -0.62 0.16   454
71683 Rigil Kent alpha Cen -0.28c 0.71 4.40 985
69673 Arcturus 16 alpha Boo -0.05v 1.24 37 696
91262 Vega 3 alpha Lyr 0.03v 0.00 25.3 1153
24608 Capella 13 alpha Aur 0.08v 0.80 42 73
24436 Rigel 19 beta Ori 0.18v -0.03   279
37279 Procyon 10 alpha CMi 0.40 0.43 11.4 224
7588 Achernar alpha Eri 0.45v -0.16 144 478
27989 Betelgeuse 58 alpha Ori 0.45v 1.50   229
68702   beta Cen 0.61v -0.23   986
97649 Altair 53 alpha Aql 0.76v 0.22 16.8 1267
60718 Acrux alpha Cru 0.77c -0.24   1002
21421 Aldebaran 87 alpha Tau 0.87 1.54 65 185
65474 Spica 67 alpha Vir 0.98v -0.24   818
80763 Antares 21 alpha Sco 1.06v 1.86   1397
37826 Pollux 78 beta Gem 1.16 0.99 34 129
113368 Fomalhaut 24 alpha PsA 1.17 0.14 25.1 1401
62434   beta Cru 1.25v -0.24   988
102098 Deneb 50 alpha Cyg 1.25v 0.09   1107
49669 Regulus 32 alpha Leo 1.36 -0.09 78 732
33579 Adhara 21 varepsilon CMa 1.50 -0.21   369
36850 Castor 66 alpha Gem 1.58c 0.03 52 130
61084 Gacrux gamma Cru 1.59v 1.60 88 989
85927 Shaula 35 lambda Sco 1.62v -0.23   1438
25336 Bellatrix 24 gamma Ori 1.64 -0.22   230
25428 Alnath 112 beta Tau 1.65 -0.13 131 136
45238 Miaplacidus beta Car 1.67 0.07 111 1017
26311 Alnilam 46 varepsilon Ori 1.69v -0.18   254
109268 Alnair alpha Gru 1.73 -0.07 101 1467
26727 Alnitak 50 zeta Ori 1.74c -0.20   253
39953   gamma^2 Vel 1.75v -0.14   966
62956 Alioth 77 varepsilon UMa 1.76v -0.02 81 573
15863 Mirphak 33 alpha Per 1.79 0.48   78
90185 Kaus Australis 20 varepsilon Sgr 1.79 -0.03 145 1436
54061 Dubhe 50 alpha UMa 1.81 1.06 124 561
34444   25 delta CMa 1.83 0.67   345
67301 Alkaid 85 eta UMa 1.85 -0.10 101 588
41037 Avior varepsilon Car 1.86v 1.20   996
86228   theta Sco 1.86c 0.41   1458
28360 Menkalinan 34 beta Aur 1.90v 0.08 82 92
82273 Atria alpha TrA 1.91 1.45   1533
31681 Alhena 24 gamma Gem 1.93 0.00 105 179
42913   delta Vel 1.93 0.04 80 981
100751 Peacock alpha Pav 1.94 -0.12 183 1490
11767 Polaris 1 alpha UMi 1.97v 0.64   2
30324 Mirzam 2 beta CMa 1.98v -0.24   323
46390 Alphard 30 alpha Hya 1.99 1.44 177 806

 

The letter 'c' refers to the combined magnitude of a double star and 'v' to the median magnitude of a variable star. 'ly' is light year.