Phecda

What this is

Phecda is a fixed star the chart engine carries, at magnitude 2.41.

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

2.41

right ascension

178.4577°

declination

53.6948°

proper motion

+107.76, +11.16 mas, yr