Ara - Ara the Altar
Origin and History
Ara is included in the ancient star catalogs of Eudoxos of Knidos, Aratos of Soli, and Ptolemy.
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Bayer, Uranometria (1661): Ara | 1661 |
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Bayer, Uranometria (1661): Ara, detail | 1661 |
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Bode (1801), Plate 15 | 1801 |
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Bode (1801), Plate 15: Ara | 1801 |
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Bode (1801), plate 2: Libra Planisphere Uranographia Tab II. Stellatum Hemisphaeri um Librae. Bode included two planisphere plates. They are not southern and northern hemispheres; each one has Polaris at the top and the south pole at the bottom. Each… |
1801 |
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Hyginus (1485) figure: Ara Note the dragons in the fire. |
1485 |
IAU Star Map
