Enif

What this is

Enif is a fixed star the chart engine carries, at magnitude 2.38.

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

2.38

right ascension

326.0465°

declination

9.8750°

proper motion

+30.02, +1.38 mas, yr