What is on the dial now
Moving bodies
P1 SunP2 MoonP3 MercuryP4 VenusP5 MarsP6 JupiterP7 Saturn
63 fixed stars
S01 Dubhe · α Ursae MajorisUrsa Major · RA 11.06h · Dec +61.75° · mag 1.79 S02 Merak · β Ursae MajorisUrsa Major · RA 11.03h · Dec +56.38° · mag 2.37 S03 Phecda · γ Ursae MajorisUrsa Major · RA 11.90h · Dec +53.70° · mag 2.44 S04 Megrez · δ Ursae MajorisUrsa Major · RA 12.26h · Dec +57.03° · mag 3.31 S05 Alioth · ε Ursae MajorisUrsa Major · RA 12.90h · Dec +55.96° · mag 1.77 S06 Mizar · ζ Ursae MajorisUrsa Major · RA 13.40h · Dec +54.92° · mag 2.23 S07 Alkaid · η Ursae MajorisUrsa Major · RA 13.79h · Dec +49.31° · mag 1.86 S08 ι Ursae MajorisUrsa Major · RA 8.99h · Dec +48.04° · mag 3.14 S09 ψ Ursae MajorisUrsa Major · RA 11.16h · Dec +44.50° · mag 3.00 S10 μ Ursae MajorisUrsa Major · RA 10.37h · Dec +41.50° · mag 3.05 S11 λ Ursae MajorisUrsa Major · RA 10.28h · Dec +42.91° · mag 3.45 S12 ν Ursae MajorisUrsa Major · RA 11.31h · Dec +33.09° · mag 3.48 S13 χ Ursae MajorisUrsa Major · RA 11.77h · Dec +47.78° · mag 3.70 S14 θ Ursae MajorisUrsa Major · RA 9.55h · Dec +51.68° · mag 3.17 S15 ο Ursae MajorisUrsa Major · RA 8.50h · Dec +60.72° · mag 3.35 S16 Polaris · α Ursae MinorisUrsa Minor · RA 2.53h · Dec +89.26° · mag 1.98 S17 Kochab · β Ursae MinorisUrsa Minor · RA 14.85h · Dec +74.16° · mag 2.08 S18 Pherkad · γ Ursae MinorisUrsa Minor · RA 15.35h · Dec +71.83° · mag 3.05 S19 Yildun · δ Ursae MinorisUrsa Minor · RA 17.54h · Dec +86.59° · mag 4.35 S20 ε Ursae MinorisUrsa Minor · RA 16.77h · Dec +82.04° · mag 4.20 S21 ζ Ursae MinorisUrsa Minor · RA 15.73h · Dec +77.80° · mag 4.30 S22 η Ursae MinorisUrsa Minor · RA 16.29h · Dec +75.75° · mag 4.95 S23 Schedar · α CassiopeiaeCassiopeia · RA 0.68h · Dec +56.54° · mag 2.24 S24 Caph · β CassiopeiaeCassiopeia · RA 0.15h · Dec +59.15° · mag 2.28 S25 γ CassiopeiaeCassiopeia · RA 0.95h · Dec +60.72° · mag 2.15 S26 Ruchbah · δ CassiopeiaeCassiopeia · RA 1.43h · Dec +60.23° · mag 2.66 S27 Segin · ε CassiopeiaeCassiopeia · RA 1.91h · Dec +63.67° · mag 3.35 S28 Alderamin · α CepheiCepheus · RA 21.31h · Dec +62.59° · mag 2.45 S29 Alfirk · β CepheiCepheus · RA 21.48h · Dec +70.56° · mag 3.23 S30 Errai · γ CepheiCepheus · RA 23.66h · Dec +77.63° · mag 3.21 S31 ζ CepheiCepheus · RA 22.18h · Dec +58.20° · mag 3.35 S32 ι CepheiCepheus · RA 22.83h · Dec +66.20° · mag 3.50 S33 Eltanin · γ DraconisDraco · RA 17.94h · Dec +51.49° · mag 2.23 S34 Rastaban · β DraconisDraco · RA 17.51h · Dec +52.30° · mag 2.79 S35 Thuban · α DraconisDraco · RA 14.07h · Dec +64.38° · mag 3.65 S36 ζ DraconisDraco · RA 17.15h · Dec +65.72° · mag 3.17 S37 η DraconisDraco · RA 16.40h · Dec +61.51° · mag 2.73 S38 δ DraconisDraco · RA 19.21h · Dec +67.66° · mag 3.07 S39 ξ DraconisDraco · RA 17.89h · Dec +56.87° · mag 3.75 S40 ι DraconisDraco · RA 15.42h · Dec +58.97° · mag 3.29 S41 λ DraconisDraco · RA 11.52h · Dec +69.33° · mag 3.84 S42 Deneb · α CygniCygnus · RA 20.69h · Dec +45.28° · mag 1.25 S43 Sadr · γ CygniCygnus · RA 20.37h · Dec +40.26° · mag 2.23 S44 ε CygniCygnus · RA 20.77h · Dec +33.97° · mag 2.48 S45 δ CygniCygnus · RA 19.75h · Dec +45.13° · mag 2.87 S46 Vega · α LyraeLyra · RA 18.62h · Dec +38.78° · mag 0.03 S47 Capella · α AurigaeAuriga · RA 5.28h · Dec +46.00° · mag 0.08 S48 Menkalinan · β AurigaeAuriga · RA 5.99h · Dec +44.95° · mag 1.90 S49 θ AurigaeAuriga · RA 6.00h · Dec +37.21° · mag 2.62 S50 ι AurigaeAuriga · RA 4.95h · Dec +33.17° · mag 2.69 S51 ε AurigaeAuriga · RA 5.03h · Dec +43.82° · mag 2.99 S52 Mirfak · α PerseiPerseus · RA 3.41h · Dec +49.86° · mag 1.79 S53 Algol · β PerseiPerseus · RA 3.14h · Dec +40.96° · mag 2.12 S54 δ PerseiPerseus · RA 3.72h · Dec +47.79° · mag 3.00 S55 γ PerseiPerseus · RA 3.08h · Dec +53.51° · mag 2.91 S56 ε PerseiPerseus · RA 3.96h · Dec +40.01° · mag 2.89 S57 Almach · γ AndromedaeAndromeda · RA 2.06h · Dec +42.33° · mag 2.10 S58 Mirach · β AndromedaeAndromeda · RA 1.16h · Dec +35.62° · mag 2.07 S59 α LyncisLynx · RA 9.35h · Dec +34.39° · mag 3.13 S60 Nekkar · β BoötisBoötes · RA 15.03h · Dec +40.39° · mag 3.49 S61 Seginus · γ BoötisBoötes · RA 14.53h · Dec +38.31° · mag 3.03 S62 Cor Caroli · α Canum VenaticorumCanes Venatici · RA 12.93h · Dec +38.32° · mag 2.90 S63 ι HerculisHercules · RA 17.66h · Dec +46.01° · mag 3.80
Also on the dial The Andromeda Galaxy (M31). The seven stars of the Big Dipper are joined by faint lines.
The star identifiers stay with the stars as the field turns anticlockwise around the North Celestial Pole. The planet identifiers move independently because the planets wander against the fixed stellar background. Coordinates are J2000 catalogue values; displayed positions are calculated for the current time. The Sun, Moon and planets sit in their true direction from the pole; their distance from the centre is set to a ring near the rim, so they stay on the dial.
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