ARA
(the alter)
Ara lies south of the tail-end of Scorpius and therefore contains many deep sky objects. To the naked eye Ara appears as roughly two lines of faint stars lying parallel to each other. This constellation originated in Greek and Roman times and supposedly represents the alter upon which Centaurus, the Centaur, was going to sacrifice Lupus the wolf. It is well worth visiting the celestial delights in this constellation. My favourite object in this constellation is the globular cluster NGC 6397...
(Please note that not all of the objects listed below have been photographed or sketched. Please click on the blue ones for a link...)
| 1.1.-CON | NGC/IC | Bayer | M | Other | TYPE | RA | DEC | MAG | M2 | Size/Sep/Period | DESCRIPTION |
| Ara | 6352 | Gb | 17h 25.5' | -48° 25' | 8.0 | 7.1 | Cl (not neb), pF, L | ||||
| Ara | 6362 | Gb | 17h 31.9' | -67° 03' | 8.0 | 10.7 | glob. cl. , cB, L, vgmb | ||||
| Ara | 6397 | Gb | 17h 40.7' | -53° 40' | 5.0 | 25.7 | glob. cl. , B, vL, Ri, | ||||
| Ara | 6215 | Gx | 16h 51.1' | -58° 59' | 12.0 | 2 | pF, R, vglbM, *4 p 79s | ||||
| Ara | 6221 | Gx | 16h 52.8' | -59° 13' | 11.0 | 3.2 | glob. cl. , pB, cL, R, | ||||
| Ara | 6300 | Gx | 17h 17.0' | -62° 49' | 11.0 | 5.4 | F, vL, vlE, am st, 2 st | ||||
| Ara | 6305 | Gx | 17h 18.1' | -59° 09' | vF, vS, R, glbM | ||||||
| Ara | 6328 | Gx | 17h 23.7' | -64° 59' | eF pair of st only, one | ||||||
| Ara | I4646 | Gx | 17h 23.9' | -60° 00' | 2.6 | F, pL, spir | |||||
| Ara | I4652 | Gx | 17h 26.4' | -59° 44' | 1.7 | F, PN , 15 mag | |||||
| Ara | I4653 | Gx | 17h 27.1' | -60° 53' | 1.6 | eeF, eS, bM, eF, * vnr, | |||||
| Ara | I4656 | Gx | 17h 37.7' | -63° 44' | 2.2 | eeF, vS, eE 90deg , cbM | |||||
| Ara | 6188 | Nb | 16h 40.5' | -48° 47' | 20 | ! F, vL, viE, B* inv | |||||
| Ara | 6193 | OC | 16h 41.3' | -48° 46' | 5.0 | 15 | Cl, vL, lRi, lC, rrr, F | ||||
| Ara | 6200 | OC | 16h 44.2' | -47° 29' | 7.0 | 12 | Cl (in Milky Way) | ||||
| Ara | 6204 | OC | 16h 46.5' | -47° 01' | 8.0 | 5 | Cl, pRi, eiCM, st 11... | ||||
| Ara | 6208 | OC | 16h 49.5' | -53° 49' | 7.0 | 16 | Cl, L, Ri, lCM, st 9... | ||||
| Ara | 6250 | OC | 16h 58.0' | -45° 48' | 5.0 | 8 | Cl, L, lRi, lC, st 8... | ||||
| Ara | 6253 | OC | 16h 59.1' | -52° 43' | 10.0 | 5 | Cl, S, triangular, st 1 | ||||
| Ara | I4651 | OC | 17h 24.7' | -49° 57' | 6.0 | 12 | Cl, pC | ||||
| Ara | I4642 | Pl | 17h 11.8' | -55° 24' | 13.0 | 0.4 | PN , stellar | ||||
| Ara | 6326 | Pl | 17h 20.8' | -51° 45' | 12.0 | 0.2 | !!! PN , pB, vS, R | ||||
| Ara | I4655 | 17h 34.6' | -60° 43' | eF, eS, mE 170deg | |||||||
| Ara | I4658 | 17h 37.2' | -59° 35' | F, PN , 15 mag | |||||||
| Ara | I1266 | 17h 45.6' | -46° 06' | stellar (gaseous spectr |