Constellations
Ara (Ara)
The Altar
Also known as altar.
6 looks for Ara
The constellation in a clear night sky over the hills: its lines draw themselves one on every beat, its real stars twinkle with the part of the song their colour answers, the Milky Way glows and a shooting star crosses on the big moments.
About Ara
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Altar
- IAU abbreviation
- Ara
- Its stars are named
- Arae (as in "Alpha Arae")
- Family
- Hercules family
- Where
- The southern sky: seen best from south of the equator
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in July
- Centre
- Right ascension 17h 15m, declination −55° 53′
- The figure
- 7 stars joined by 6 lines
- Brightest star
- β Ara, magnitude 2.85
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- β Aramag 2.85
- Choo (α Ara)mag 2.95
- ζ Aramag 3.13
- γ Aramag 3.34
- δ Aramag 3.62
- η Aramag 3.76
- ε1 Aramag 4.06
Every star's place, brightness and colour is the Yale Bright Star Catalogue's; the figure is the IAU's, through d3-celestial (credited on the licences page). Constellations template · Every constellation