The number of stars in magnitude groups over the whole sky. (North and South) taken from Sky Atlas 2000 Volume 1 (published 1982) Edited by A. Hirshfeld and R.W.Sinnott. -1 = The brightest Stars, 6 = Stars just visible to the eye on the darkest of nights. Magnitude Group number total -1 2 2 0 7 9 1 13 22 2 71 93 3 192 285 4 625 910 5 1963 2873 6 5606 8479