ARA
Ara, the Altar, lies just south of Scorpius, whose southern portion (the southern bend of the tail) is seen at the top.
Ara
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Ara is a small constellation in the southern hemisphere. The name derives from the Latin word for "altar." The constellation was charted by Ptolemy in the 2nd century.
Ara
Transit Date of principal star:
14 June
Ara (The Altar) commemorates the altar on which sacrifices were made to the gods, in both Greek and Roman times.
Ara (abbr. Ara, gen. Arae)
The Altar; a small southern constellation that is rich in star clusters. See below for details of the constellation's brightest stars and interesting deep sky objects.
Stars brighter than magnitude 4.0
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Ara, the altar:
This constellation has been recognized since the time of the ancient Greeks and Romans. It represents the altar created by the Olympian gods after they defeated the Titans.
Abbreviation: Ara
Genitive: Arae
Translation: The Altar
Peoria Astronomical Society Ara Page
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Bode's version of Ara
Johann Bode showed Ara looking more like a brick barbecue than an altar on his Uranographia of 1801.
Ara
Abbreviation: Ara English name: Altar Coordinates see Stellar data
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The constellation is the 63rd largest in the sky and covers about 237 square degrees. The best-known objects in this field are some diffuse dusty nebulae and star clusters (see below). The only named star in Ara is Karnot Mizbeach (β Ara).
Ara (Altar)
Silver Saints Hakurei (Lost Canvas), Sage (Lost Canvas), Nicole (Gigantomachia)
Origin of the constellation: Ancient Greece (Ptolemaeus). It was probably originally named by the Greek philosopher Eudoxos in 400 BC ...
Finding Ara: Ara is located south of Scorpio, between the constellations Telescopium and Norma.
Ara
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ARA General Belgrano
The ARA General Belgrano was an Argentine Navy cruiser sunk in a controversial incident during the Falklands War with the loss of 323 lives....
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41 Ara, GJ 666, HR 6416, CD -46°11370, HD 156274, LHS 444, LTT 6886, GCTP 3919.00, SAO 227816, NSV 21372, CP(D)-46 8513, BSO 13, LPM 636, LFT 1334, HIP 84720.
Database references
SIMBAD
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Constellation Ara, the Altar, is located next to the celestial south pole.
Aquila(eagle), Ara(altar), Aries(ram), Auriga(charioteer), Bootes(herdsman), Caelum(chisel), Camelopardalis(giraffe), Cancer(crab),
Canes Venatici(hunting dogs), Canis Major(big dog), Canis Minor(little dog), Capricornus(sea goat), ...
The results have been reviewed in detail by Loeb \& Barkana (2001 ARA&A 39, 19).
magnetar studied by Clark and Ritchie's team has a suitably extraordinary home - the ‘super star cluster' Westerlund 1, which contains hundreds of very massive stars 16,000 light years away in the Southern Hemisphere constellation of Ara the ...
The open cluster Westerlund 1 is located in the Southern constellation Ara (the Altar). It was discovered in 1961 from Australia by Swedish astronomer Bengt Westerlund, who later moved from there to become ESO Director in Chile (1970-74).
Bootes fue identificado con un granjero que ara la tierra durante la primavera. Los romanos creyeron que Bootes era el ganadero de los siete bueyes representados por las siete estrellas del Gran cucharoón.
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Altair (Alpha Aquilae)
Beta Aquilae
Deneb el Okab (Zeta Aquilae; possibly aka Deneb)
Ara (Arae) Aries (Arietis) Auriga (Aurigae) ...
 See also: Constellation, Star, Cluster, Light, Sky
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