In fact some of the role playing star wars books contain lots more information than some of these so called star wars encyclopedias.
It's also on wookieepedia a great source of star wars info, I've copied some of the text below.
"The battlestation also included two massive sublight engines in the midsection, as well as a formidable hyperdrive system. Driven by 123 individual generators, the Class 3 hyperdrive was fast enough to allow the Death Star to travel thousands of light years from Alderaan to Yavin IV in only a few hours."
Hope this answers your question