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Ara



Abbreviation: Ara
Genitive: Arae
Right Ascension: 17.39 hours
Declination: -53.58 degrees
  Ara, the Altar is visible in Southern Latitudes (from 22 degrees South) and Northern Latitudes ( to 43 degrees North) from November - January.

Ara has existed in one form or another since the Babylonians, the constellation has appeared in different parts of the sky over time, it is generally thought to be an altar where incense was burned in sacrifice to Jove (or Zeus), it as modern day connections as well, such as the altar upon which Noah sacrificed to God after the Great Flood, and to Moses, who erected an altar to sacrifice his son Isaac to God.

To the Babylonians it was the altar which celebrated the construction of the Tower of Babel, and to the Romans as the altar where incense was burned before the dead.

Today Ara, refers to the incense burner and is generally drawn as such.

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Best Known Stars

(Yale Bright Star Catalog)
 
Common Name
or Bayer Number 1 		RA DEC Magnitude 2
BET ARA 17.00:25.00:17.99 -55.00:31.00:47.61 2.85
ALP ARA 17.00:31.00:50.50 -49.00:52.00:34.29 2.95
ZET ARA 16.00:58.00:37.20 -55.00:59.00:24.51 3.13
DEL ARA 17.00:31.00:5.89 -60.00:41.00:1.69 3.62
EPS1 ARA 16.00:59.00:35.06 -53.00:9.00:37.82 4.06
MU ARA 17.00:44.00:8.70 -51.00:50.00:2.68 5.15
   
 

Deep Sky Objects

(PAS Catalog)
   
 

Other Deep Sky Objects

(Saguaro Astronomy Club Catalog)
  Only Objects less than 10.0 Mag.
 
Object R.A. Dec. Object Type 3 Mag. Uranometria Tirion
Cr 307 16 35.2 -50 58 OPNCL 09.2 433 25
NGC 6193 16 41.3 -48 46 OPNCL 05.2 407 22
NGC 6200 16 44.2 -47 29 OPNCL 07.4 407 22
NGC 6204 16 46.5 -47 01 OPNCL 08.2 407 22
Hogg 22 16 46.7 -47 06 OPNCL 06.7 407 22
NGC 6208 16 49.5 -53 49 OPNCL 07.2 433 25
NGC 6221 16 52.9 -59 12 GALXY 09.9 433 25
NGC 6250 16 58.0 -45 48 OPNCL 05.9 407 22
IC 4651 17 24.7 -49 57 OPNCL 06.9 408 22
NGC 6362 17 31.9 -67 03 GLOCL 08.3 455 26
NGC 6397 17 40.7 -53 40 GLOCL 05.7 434 26
   
 

Variable Stars

(General Catalog of Variable Stars)
  Only Objects <= 8.0 magnitude
 
GCVS ID R.A.
(hh mm ss.ss)		 Dec.
(deg mm ss)		 Variable Type 4 Mag. Min Mag. Max
R Ara 16.00:35.00:34.80 -56.00:53.00:46.00 EA/DM: 6.90 6.00
V0535 Ara 17.00:33.00:50.70 -56.00:47.00:29.00 EW/DW: 7.75 7.17
V0539 Ara 17.00:46.00:24.00 -53.00:35.00:53.00 EA/DM 6.18 5.66
V0626 Ara 17.00:38.00:9.20 -50.00:29.00:11.00 LB 6.57 6.20
V0750 Ara 17.00:24.00:10.10 -46.00:59.00:7.00 GCAS 6.70 6.64
V0824 Ara 17.00:12.00:18.20 -66.00:53.00:40.00 RS 6.84 6.67
V0828 Ara 16.00:57.00:27.00 -58.00:53.00:6.00 GCAS 6.20 6.11
V0829 Ara 17.00:9.00:59.40 -56.00:49.00:50.00 ELL 6.20 6.09
V0831 Ara 17.00:17.00:24.30 -45.00:55.00:59.00 BCEP: 7.85 7.79
V0832 Ara 18.00:3.00:11.60 -48.00:15.00:11.00 RS 7.16 7.08
V0836 Ara 16.00:56.00:13.40 -46.00:14.00:34.00 E: 0.15 7.51
alf Ara 17.00:27.00:58.40 -49.00:50.00:20.00 BE 3.13 2.79
iot Ara 17.00:19.00:30.60 -47.00:25.00:16.00 GCAS 5.26 5.18
   
 

Double Stars

(Saguaro Astronomy Club Catalog)
  Only Objects <= 8.0 magnitude
 
Name R.A.
(hh mm.m)		 Dec.
(deg mm)		 Mag 5 Sep 6 PA 7 Tirion Uranometria
DUN 206 16 41.3 -48 45 5.7, 6.9 9.60 266 22 407
COO 201 16 50.6 -50 02 7.3, 7.4 3.20 43 22 407/ 433
HJ 4901 17 01.2 -58 51 7.8, 7.9 2.80 130 26 433
DUN 216 17 26.9 -45 50 6.0, 7.6 103.00 313 22 408
HJ 4949 17 26.9 -45 50 6.0, 6.7 2.10 255 22 408
RMK 22 17 57.2 -55 23 7.0, 8.0 2.50 94 26 434