Alphard

What this is

Alphard is a fixed star the chart engine carries, at magnitude 1.99.

What it governs

The catalogue holds this star's position and its own motion, not a body of lore about it — a star's apparent place is its J2000 position carried forward and referred to the ecliptic of the date, exactly as a planet's is.

Correspondences

magnitude

1.99

right ascension

141.8968°

declination

-8.6586°

proper motion

-14.49, +33.25 mas, yr