Stars

The 23 brightest stars and the 25 nearest.

The brightest stars

Star	Constellation	Magnitude	Distance (ly)
Sirius α Canis Majoris	Canis Major	-1.46	8.6
Canopus α Carinae	Carina	-0.72	309.2
Arcturus α Boötis	Boötes	-0.04	36.7
Rigil Kentaurus α1 Centauri	Centaurus	-0.01	4.3
Vega α Lyrae	Lyra	0.03	25.0
Capella α Aurigae	Auriga	0.08	42.8
Rigel β Orionis	Orion	0.12	862.8
Procyon α Canis Minoris	Canis Minor	0.38	11.5
Achernar α Eridani	Eridanus	0.46	139.4
Betelgeuse α Orionis	Orion	0.50	497.9
Hadar β Centauri	Centaurus	0.61	392.0
Altair α Aquilae	Aquila	0.77	16.7
Aldebaran α Tauri	Taurus	0.85	66.6
Antares α Scorpii	Scorpius	0.96	553.7
Spica α Virginis	Virgo	0.98	249.7
Pollux β Geminorum	Gemini	1.14	33.8
Fomalhaut α Piscis Austrini	Piscis Austrinus	1.16	25.1
Mimosa β Crucis	Crux	1.25	278.5
Deneb α Cygni	Cygnus	1.25	1411.9
Acrux α1 Crucis	Crux	1.33	322.0
Toliman α2 Centauri	Centaurus	1.33	4.1
Regulus α Leonis	Leo	1.35	79.3
Adhara ε Canis Majoris	Canis Major	1.50	405.2

Star	Constellation	Distance (ly)	Magnitude
Proxima Centauri Gl 551	Centaurus	4.23	11.05
Rigil Kentaurus α1 Centauri	Centaurus	4.35	0.01
Toliman α2 Centauri	Centaurus	4.35	1.34
Barnard's Star Gl 699	Ophiuchus	5.98	9.55
Gl 406	Leo	7.80	13.45
Gl 411	Ursa Major	8.21	7.48
Gl 65 A	Cetus	8.57	12.57
Gl 65 B	Cetus	8.57	12.70
Sirius α Canis Majoris A	Canis Major	8.57	-1.43
Gl 244 B	Canis Major	8.57	8.44
Gl 729	Sagittarius	9.56	10.46
Gl 905	Andromeda	10.33	12.29
Ran ε Eridani	Eridanus	10.67	3.73
Gl 447	Virgo	10.83	11.12
Gl 866 AB	Aquarius	11.08	12.66
Gl 15 A	Andromeda	11.27	8.08
Gl 15 B	Andromeda	11.27	11.06
ε Indi	Indus	11.29	4.69
61 Cygni A	Cygnus	11.30	5.21
61 Cygni B	Cygnus	11.30	6.03
τ Ceti	Cetus	11.40	3.49
Gl 725 A	Draco	11.40	8.90
Gl 725 B	Draco	11.40	9.71
Procyon α Canis Minoris A	Canis Minor	11.41	0.38
Gl 280 B	Canis Minor	11.41	10.70

Rise, highest and set of the brightest over your place, for any night: Stars

Nearest: Catalogue of Nearby Stars, compiled in 1991, so it misses a few faint neighbours found since