Merak

What this is

Merak is a fixed star the chart engine carries, at magnitude 2.34.

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

2.34

right ascension

165.4603°

declination

56.3824°

proper motion

+81.66, +33.74 mas, yr