Fawaris

What this is

Fawaris is a fixed star the chart engine carries, at magnitude 2.9.

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

2.9

right ascension

296.2437°

declination

45.1308°

proper motion

+43.22, +48.44 mas, yr