Saiph

What this is

Saiph is a fixed star the chart engine carries, at magnitude 2.07.

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

2.07

right ascension

86.9391°

declination

-9.6696°

proper motion

+1.55, -1.2 mas, yr