Athebyne
What this is
Athebyne is a fixed star the chart engine carries, at magnitude 2.73.
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
- 2.73
- right ascension
- 245.9979°
- declination
- 61.5142°
- proper motion
- -16.98, +56.68 mas, yr
Where this comes from
- Hipparcos catalogue (ICRS, J2000)