What are the demographics of stars visible to the naked eye?

Question

Of the stars that can be seen with the naked eye, what are the distributions of each type? For example, how many are main sequence? how many are Super Red giants/white dwarfs/neutron stars...etc. What's the distribution by mass and distance?

Answer 1

There are approximately 6,000 stars visible to the average person in all directions if observed in dark clear skies. I don't have the exact distributions, but we know that most stars are main sequence stars. Most main sequence stars are small and red, but too faint for us to see without telescopic aid. So most of what we see are more massive main sequence stars and are yellow to blue-white in color. Any red stars you see will be red giants or supergiants. White dwarfs are far to dim to see this way, and neutron stars are so tiny that they are almost impossible to see even with telescopes!