Vindemiatrix

What this is

Vindemiatrix is a fixed star the chart engine carries, at magnitude 2.85.

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

2.85

right ascension

195.5442°

declination

10.9591°

proper motion

-275.05, +19.96 mas, yr