Ara Ara
Ara is one of the 88 constellations, covering 237 square degrees of the sky (63rd largest). It is highest at midnight in June and best in the evening sky in July and August.
5 of its best-known objects have a page of their own here.
Facts
| Abbreviation | Ara |
|---|---|
| Size | 237 square degrees (63rd largest of the 88; the full Moon covers about 0.2) |
| Middle (J2000) | 17h 20m, −54° |
| Highest at midnight | June (in the evening, around 8–10 pm: July and August) |
| How high | From India (about 20° N) its middle climbs to about 16° above the horizon; from 50° N it never rises. |
| Pages here | 5 objects |
Nebulae
2Stars
2Other objects
1Brightest NGC and IC objects
OpenNGC| Object | Type | Magnitude | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGC 6397 (on the map) | Globular star cluster | 5.2 | 15.3′ |
| NGC 6250 (on the map) | Star cluster with nebula | 5.9 | 9.6′ |
| IC 4651 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 6.9 | 9.6′ |
| NGC 6208 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 7.2 | 8.4′ |
| NGC 6200 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 7.4 | 8.1′ |
| NGC 6204 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 8.2 | 4.5′ |
| NGC 6253 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 10.2 | 6′ |
| NGC 6300 (on the map) | Galaxy | 10.3 | 5.3′ |
| NGC 6221 (on the map) | Galaxy | 10.5 | 4.8′ |
| NGC 6215 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.2 | 2.6′ |
| IC 1266 (on the map) | Planetary nebula | 11.2 | 0.2′ |
| ESO138-010 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.4 | 5.5′ |
Smaller magnitudes are brighter; the faintest stars the eye sees are about 6. The full Moon is about 31′ across.
Data: IAU constellation boundaries (Roman 1987) · OpenNGC (Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data sources & credits