Fomalhaut

What this is

Fomalhaut is a fixed star the chart engine carries, at magnitude 1.17.

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

1.17

right ascension

344.4127°

declination

-29.6222°

proper motion

+329.22, -164.22 mas, yr

tradition

Royal Star