Deneb

What this is

Deneb is a fixed star the chart engine carries, at magnitude 1.25.

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

1.25

right ascension

310.3580°

declination

45.2803°

proper motion

+1.56, +1.55 mas, yr