Mirfak

What this is

Mirfak is a fixed star the chart engine carries, at magnitude 1.79.

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

1.79

right ascension

51.0807°

declination

49.8612°

proper motion

+24.11, -26.01 mas, yr