Constellation
The constellation Ara
Ara
Ara gathers 43 naked-eye stars —down to magnitude 6— in Stelvia's catalogue. The brightest is Beta Ara, and the constellation reaches its highest point of the night around June.
Ara in figures
- Catalogued stars
- 43
- Brightest star
- Beta Ara
- Region of the sky
- Southern sky
- Highest around
- June
- With a proper name
- 1
- Nearest star
- HIP 84720
Those visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6
Apparent magnitude 2.84
Declination from -67° to -46°
Month when it culminates at midnight
Stars with a traditional name, not just a catalogue designation
29 light years
These figures are computed over Stelvia's catalogue —stars visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6—, not over the constellation's real total: the count, the brightest and the nearest all refer to that catalogue. The region of the sky comes from the median declination of its stars; the month, from their mean right ascension.
Every star in Ara
The 43 stars of Ara catalogued by Stelvia, from the brightest to the faintest. Each one has its own page.
- Beta Ara2.84
- Alpha Ara2.84
- Zeta Ara3.12
- Gamma Ara3.31
- Delta Ara3.60
- Theta Ara3.65
- Eta Ara3.77
- Epsilon 1 Ara4.06
- Sigma Ara4.56
- Lambda Ara4.76
- CervantesMu Ara5.12
- Kappa Ara5.19
- Iota Ara5.21
- Pi Ara5.25
- Epsilon 2 Ara5.27
- HIP 853895.28
- HIP 847205.47
- HIP 830575.53
- HIP 821715.55
- HIP 817025.57
- HIP 817335.62
- HIP 831875.64
- HIP 873145.68
- HIP 851475.69
- HIP 854705.72
- HIP 835355.73
- HIP 821105.74
- HIP 850685.76
- HIP 851695.76
- HIP 865525.78
- HIP 850495.86
- HIP 842485.87
- HIP 862485.89
- HIP 854095.90
- HIP 826725.91
- HIP 847315.93
- HIP 855205.93
- HIP 829025.94
- HIP 841055.94
- HIP 819665.96
- HIP 832165.98
- HIP 828065.99
- HIP 857515.99
A symbolic commemorative gift: neither the signature nor the chosen name implies ownership of the star or recognition by the IAU.