Table 3. Stars of apparent visual magnitude 2.0 and brighter.
Star Name RA Declination Visual magni-
tude*		 Spectral classifi-
cation		 Dis-
tance (l.y.)**
h m s ° ' ''
Alpha Canis Majoris Sirius 06 45 09 -16 42 58 -1.5 A1 V 8.6
Alpha Carinae Canopus 06 23 57 -52 41 44 -0.7 F0 I 313
Alpha1 Centauri
Alpha2 Centauri		   14
14		 39
39		 37
35		 -60
-60		 50
50		 02
13		 -0.3 G2 V
K1 V		 4.4
Alpha Boötis Arcturus 14 15 40 +19 10 57 0.0 K0 III 36
Alpha Lyrae Vega 18 36 56 +38 47 01 0.0 A0 V 25
Alpha Aurigae Capella 05 16 41 +45 59 53 0.1 G8 III 42
Beta Orionis Rigel 05 14 32 -08 12 06 0.1 B8 I 773
Alpha Canis Minoris Procyon 07 39 18 +05 13 30 0.4 F5 IV 11
Alpha Eridani Achernar 01 37 43 -57 14 12 0.5 B5 IV 144
Alpha Orionis Betelgeuse 05 55 10 +07 24 26 0.5 M2 I 427
Beta Centauri Hadar 14 03 49 -60 22 22 0.6 B1 II 525
Alpha Aquilae Altair 19 50 47 +08 52 06 0.8 A7 IV 17
Alpha Tauri Aldebaran 04 35 55 +16 30 33 0.9 K5 III 65
Alpha1 Crucis
Alpha2 Crucis		 Acrux 12
12		 26
26		 36
37		 -63
-63		 05
05		 56
58		 0.9 B1 IV
B3		 321
Alpha Scorpii Antares 16 29 24 -26 25 55 1.0 M1 I 604
Alpha Virginis Spica 13 25 12 -11 09 41 1.0 B1 V 262
Beta Geminorum Pollux 07 45 19 +28 01 34 1.1 K0 III 34
Alpha Piscis Austrini Fomalhaut 22 57 39 -29 37 20 1.2 A3 V 25
Alpha Cygni Deneb 20 41 26 +45 16 49 1.3 A2 I 3,230
Beta Crucis Mimosa 12 47 43 -59 41 19 1.3 B0 III 352
Alpha Leonis Regulus 10 08 22 +11 58 02 1.4 B7 V 77
Epsilon Canis Majoris Adhara 06 58 38 -28 58 20 1.5 B2 II 431
Alpha Geminorum Castor 07 34 36 +31 53 18 1.6 A1 V 52
Gamma Crucis   12 31 10 -57 06 47 1.6 M3 III 88
Gamma Orionis Bellatrix 05 25 08 +06 20 59 1.6 B2 III 243
Lambda Scorpii Shaula 17 33 36 -37 06 14 1.6 B2 IV 703
Alpha Gruis   22 08 14 -46 57 40 1.7 B5 V 101
Epsilon Orionis Alnilam 05 36 13 -01 12 07 1.7 B0 I 1,342
Beta Tauri Elnath 05 26 18 +28 36 27 1.7 B7 III 130
Beta Carinae   09 13 12 -69 43 02 1.7 A0 III 111
Alpha Persei Mirfak 03 24 19 +49 51 40 1.8 F5 I 592
Zeta Orionis Alnitak 05 40 46 -01 56 34 1.8 O9 I 817
Gamma Velorum   08 09 32 -47 20 12 1.8 WC7 841
Alpha Ursae Majoris Dubhe 11 03 44 +61 45 03 1.8 K0 III 124
Epsilon Ursae Majoris Alioth 12 54 02 +55 57 35 1.8 A0p 81
Theta Scorpii   17 37 19 -42 59 52 1.9 F0 I 212
Alpha Trianguli Australe   16 48 40 -69 01 39 1.9 K2 III 415
Beta Aurigae   05 59 32 +44 56 51 1.9 A2 IV 82
Eta Ursae Majoris Alkaid 13 47 32 +49 18 48 1.9 B3 V 101
Gamma Geminorum   06 37 43 +16 23 57 1.9 A0 IV 105
Epsilon Sagittarii Kaus
Australis		 18 24 10 -34 23 05 1.9 B9 IV 145
Delta Canis Majoris   07 08 23 -26 23 36 1.9 F8 I 1,712
Epsilon Carinae   08 22 31 -59 30 34 1.9 K0 II 632
Alpha Pavonis Peacock 20 25 39 -56 44 06 1.9 B3 IV 183
Gamma1 Leonis
Gamma2 Leonis		 Algieba 10 19 58 +19 50 30 1.9 K0 III
G5 III		 126
Beta Canis Majoris Mirzam 06 22 42 -17 57 22 2.0 B1 II 499
Alpha Hydrae Alphard 09 27 35 -08 39 31 2.0 K3 177
Alpha Ursae Minoris Polaris 02 31 50 +89 15 51 2.0 F8 I 431
Beta Ceti   00 43 35 -17 59 12 2.0 K0 III 96
Delta Velorum   08 44 42 -54 42 30 2.0 A0 V 80
Sigma Sagittarii Nunki 18 55 16 -26 17 48 2.0 B3 IV 224
Alpha Arietis Hamal 02 07 10 +23 27 45 2.0 K2 III 66

* Values are to the nearest 0.1 magnitude. For variable stars the mean magnitude is given.
** Data from the Hipparcos catalogue.