Ara (constellation)
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Ara is a southern constellation between Scorpius, Telescopium, Triangulum Australe, and Norma. Under its Greek name Βωμός, Bōmǒs, it was one of the 48 classical constellations described by the 2nd-cen
Johann Elert Bode's illustration of Ara, from his Uranographia (1801)
The constellation Ara as it can be seen by the naked eye.
IC 4653 galaxy taken by Hubble.
The constellation Ara showing the IAU boundaries, the constellation stick figure, and labels for its brightest stars. Astrophotograph by Eckhard Slawik, from NOIRLab's 88 Constellations project.
Telescopium
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Telescopium is a minor constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere, one of twelve named in the 18th century by French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille and one of several depicting scientifi
Ara (constellation)
…Ara (Latin for "the Altar") is a southern constellation between Scorpius, Telescopium, Triangulum Australe, and Norma. Under its Greek name Βωμός, Bōmǒs, it was one of the 48 classical constellations described by the 2nd-century astronomer…
The constellation of Telescopium, the telescope, as it can be seen by the naked eye
An artist's depiction of the orbits of the hierarchical triple star system HR 6819, with the inferred black hole (red orbit) in the inner binary
The globular cluster NGC 6584, as observed with the Hubble Space Telescope
The interacting galaxy system NGC 6845, as observed with GALEX