Ara constellation Ara constellation Alpha Arae (α Ara / α Arae) is the second brightest star in the constellation Ara. It also has the traditional name Tchou or Choo from the Mandarin 杵 chǔ meaning " pestle". ...more on Wikipedia about "Alpha Arae"
Ara ( Latin for Altar) is a faint southerly constellation between the constellations Telescopium and Norma. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ara (constellation)"
Beta Arae (β Ara / β Arae) is the brightest star in the constellation Ara. ...more on Wikipedia about "Beta Arae"
Delta Arae (δ Ara / δ Arae) is a star in the constellation Ara. ...more on Wikipedia about "Delta Arae"
The Bayer designation Epsilon Arae (ε Ara / ε Arae) is shared by two star systems, ε¹ Arae and ε² Arae, in the constellation Ara. They are separated by 0.54° on the sky. ...more on Wikipedia about "Epsilon Arae"
Eta Arae (η Ara / η Arae) is a binary star in the constellation Ara. It is approximately 313 light years from Earth. ...more on Wikipedia about "Eta Arae"
Gamma Arae (γ Ara / γ Arae) is a binary star in the constellation Ara. It is approximately 1140 light years from Earth. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gamma Arae"
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Iota Arae (ι Ara / ι Arae) is a star in the constellation Ara. It is approximately 720 light years from Earth. ...more on Wikipedia about "Iota Arae"
Kappa Arae (κ Ara / κ Arae) is a triple star system in the constellation Ara. It is approximately 398 light years from Earth. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kappa Arae"
Lambda Arae (λ Ara / λ Arae) is a star in the constellation Ara. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lambda Arae"
Mu Arae (μ Ara / μ Arae) is a 5th magnitude yellow-orange G-type star similar to our Sun. It lies about 49.8 light years away and is found in the constellation Ara (the Altar), where it is visible with the naked eye. It is estimated to have about 108% of the Sun's mass and may be about 32% larger. It has about 1.7 times the luminosity of the Sun and is suspected to be older, moving into the subgiant phase of its stellar evolution. μ Arae is metal-rich, even more so than our Sun. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mu Arae"
NGC 6397 is a globular cluster in the Ara constellation. It is located about 7,200 light years from Earth, making it one of the two nearest globular clusters to Earth (the other one being Messier Object 4). NGC 6397 is one of the at least 20 globulars of our Milky Way Galaxy which have undergone a core collapse, meaning that its core has contracted to a very dense stellar agglomeration. ...more on Wikipedia about "NGC 6397"
The Bayer designation Nu Arae (ν Ara / ν Arae) is shared by two star systems, ν¹ Arae and ν² Arae, in the constellation Ara. They are separated by 0.49° on the sky. They are also sometimes referred to by the Bayer designation Upsilon Arae (υ¹ and υ² Arae). ...more on Wikipedia about "Nu Arae"
Pi Arae (π Ara / π Arae) is a star in the constellation Ara. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pi Arae"
Sigma Arae (σ Ara / σ Arae) is a star in the constellation Ara. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sigma Arae"
The Silvery River of Heaven is the great swath of white/silver nebulosity that is the plane of the disc of the Milky Way. The name Silvery River comes from China, and is used through East Asia, such as Korea and Japan (called " GinGa" in Japan). In the west, it is called the Milky Way. The nebulosity is greatest in the IAU constellation of Sagittarius, which is where the galactic core is. ...more on Wikipedia about "Silvery River"
Theta Arae (θ Ara / θ Arae) is a star in the constellation Ara. ...more on Wikipedia about "Theta Arae"
Zeta Arae (ζ Ara / ζ Arae) is a star in the constellation Ara. ...more on Wikipedia about "Zeta Arae"
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