Rasalhague

What this is

Rasalhague is a fixed star the chart engine carries, at magnitude 2.08.

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

2.08

right ascension

263.7336°

declination

12.5600°

proper motion

+110.08, -222.61 mas, yr