Altais

What this is

Altais is a fixed star the chart engine carries, at magnitude 3.07.

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

3.07

right ascension

288.1388°

declination

67.6615°

proper motion

+94.49, +92.3 mas, yr