Mahasim

What this is

Mahasim is a fixed star the chart engine carries, at magnitude 2.65.

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

2.65

right ascension

89.9303°

declination

37.2126°

proper motion

+42.09, -73.61 mas, yr