List of stars in Ara
This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Ara, sorted by decreasing brightness.
| Name | B | Var | HD | HIP | RA | Dec | vis. mag. | abs. mag. | Dist. | Sp. class | Notes |
| β Ara | β | 157244 | 85258 | 2.84 | −3.49 | 603 | K3Ib-II | ||||
| α Ara | α | 158427 | 85792 | 2.84 | −1.51 | 242 | B2Vne | Choo, Tchou; λ Eri and γ Cas variable, | |||
| ζ Ara | ζ | 152786 | 83081 | 3.12 | −3.11 | 574 | K5III | ||||
| γ Ara | γ | 157246 | 85267 | 3.31 | −4.40 | 1136 | B1Ib | ||||
| δ Ara | δ | 158094 | 85727 | 3.60 | −0.19 | 187 | B8V | ||||
| θ Ara | θ | 165024 | 88714 | 3.65 | −3.81 | 1012 | B2Ib | ||||
| η Ara | η | 151249 | 82363 | 3.77 | −1.14 | 313 | K5III | binary star | |||
| ε1 Ara | ε1 | 152980 | 83153 | 4.06 | −0.79 | 304 | K4III | ||||
| σ Ara | σ | 159217 | 86092 | 4.56 | −0.80 | 385 | A0V | ||||
| λ Ara | λ | 160032 | 86486 | 4.76 | 3.06 | 71 | F3IV | suspected δ Sct variable | |||
| μ Ara | μ | 160691 | 86796 | 5.12 | 4.20 | 50 | G3IV-V | Cervantes, has four planets | |||
| κ Ara | κ | 157457 | 85312 | 5.19 | −0.24 | 398 | K1III | a triple star system. | |||
| ι Ara | ι | 157042 | 85079 | 5.21 | −1.51 | 721 | B2IIIne | Be star, | |||
| π Ara | π | 159492 | 86305 | 5.25 | 2.12 | 137 | A7V | ||||
| ε2 Ara | ε2 | 153580 | 83431 | 5.27 | 3.17 | 86 | F6V | ||||
| HD 157661 | 157661 | 85389 | 5.28 | −1.04 | 599 | B8V | multiple star system | ||||
| 41 G. Ara | 156274 | 84720 | 5.47 | 5.75 | 29 | G8V | binary star; suspected variable | ||||
| ρ2 | ρ2 | 152824 | 83057 | 5.53 | −0.50 | 523 | B9IV | ||||
| HD 150898 | 150898 | 82171 | 5.55 | −3.48 | 2090 | B0Iab | suspected variable | ||||
| HD 150168 | 150168 | 81733 | 5.62 | −4.38 | 3260 | B1II | |||||
| HD 153053 | 153053 | 83187 | 5.64 | 2.12 | 165 | A3V | |||||
| HD 150136 | 150136 | 81702 | 5.65 | O3.5If*+O6V | triple star; suspected rotating ellipsoidal variable, | ||||||
| V539 Ara | ν1 | V539 | 161783 | 87314 | 5.68 | −1.33 | 823 | B2V + B3V | Algol variable and slowly pulsating B star, | ||
| HD 156838 | 156838 | 85147 | 5.69 | −2.82 | 1638 | B2IV | |||||
| HD 157753 | 157753 | 85470 | 5.72 | 0.81 | 312 | K2III | |||||
| HD 153716 | 153716 | 83535 | 5.73 | −1.00 | 723 | B5IV | |||||
| HD 150745 | 150745 | 82110 | 5.74 | −1.31 | 838 | B2IV-V | |||||
| HD 156854 | 156854 | 85068 | 5.76 | 0.27 | 409 | G8/K0III | |||||
| HD 156942 | 156942 | 85169 | 5.76 | −0.92 | 706 | B8Ib/II | |||||
| HD 160263 | 160263 | 86552 | 5.78 | −0.75 | 660 | A0V | |||||
| HD 156768 | 156768 | 85049 | 5.86 | −1.05 | 786 | G8Ib/II | |||||
| HD 154903 | 154903 | 84248 | 5.87 | 0.87 | 327 | K0III-IV | |||||
| HD 159463 | 159463 | 86248 | 5.89 | 0.76 | 346 | K0III-IV | |||||
| HD 157662 | 157662 | 85409 | 5.90 | −2.65 | 1672 | B9II | |||||
| HD 151967 | 151967 | 82672 | 5.91 | −0.71 | 688 | M0III | semiregular variable | ||||
| HD 156091 | 156091 | 84731 | 5.93 | −3.06 | 2050 | K2IIICN... | |||||
| HD 157819 | 157819 | 85520 | 5.93 | −1.27 | 898 | G8II/III | Binary | ||||
| HD 152527 | 152527 | 82902 | 5.94 | 1.01 | 315 | A0III | |||||
| V854 Ara | V854 | 155035 | 84105 | 5.94 | −1.09 | 830 | M1/M2III | slow irregular variable | |||
| V862 Ara | V862 | 158220 | 85751 | 5.95 | -3.14 | 2146 | B7II-III | Be star | |||
| HD 150576 | 150576 | 81966 | 5.96 | −0.66 | 688 | G8III | |||||
| HD 153221 | 153221 | 83216 | 5.98 | 0.60 | 389 | G5IV | |||||
| HD 152082 | 152082 | 82806 | 5.99 | 0.30 | 448 | A0III | |||||
| HD 158476 | 158476 | 85788 | 6.04 | −2.91 | 2012 | F8/G0Ib | suspected variable | ||||
| HD 153791 | 153791 | 83481 | 6.07 | −0.33 | 620 | A2/A3V | |||||
| HR 6384 | V829 | 155341 | 84311 | 6.08 | −1.90 | 1283 | M1/2II/III+A | semiregular variable, | |||
| HD 159018 | 159018 | 86064 | 6.09 | −1.50 | 1072 | B9III | |||||
| HD 161420 | 161420 | 87174 | 6.09 | 2.55 | 166 | A9IV | |||||
| ν2 Ara | ν2 | 161917 | 87379 | 6.09 | 0.13 | 508 | B9.5III/IV | ||||
| HD 162123 | 162123 | 87404 | 6.09 | −0.51 | 682 | G6III | |||||
| HD 165493 | 165493 | 88859 | 6.13 | −0.86 | 815 | B7/B8II | |||||
| HD 149485 | 149485 | 81507 | 6.16 | 0.08 | 537 | B8Vn | |||||
| HD 149837 | 149837 | 81657 | 6.17 | 3.73 | 100 | F2III-IV | |||||
| HD 157599 | 157599 | 85393 | 6.17 | 0.26 | 495 | B8/B9V | |||||
| HD 150421 | 150421 | 81847 | 6.22 | F5Iab | |||||||
| HD 157524 | 157524 | 85480 | 6.22 | −0.68 | 782 | B7/B8V | |||||
| V828 Ara | V828 | 153261 | 83323 | 6.26 | −2.96 | 2280 | B2IVne | Be star, | |||
| HD 158895 | 158895 | 86088 | 6.26 | −1.90 | 1399 | B5II/III | |||||
| HD 163071 | 163071 | 87928 | 6.26 | −1.74 | 1299 | B4III | |||||
| HD 156331 | 156331 | 84759 | 6.27 | 2.54 | 182 | F2III | |||||
| V626 Ara | V626 | 160342 | 86628 | 6.28 | −2.01 | 1482 | M3III | slow irregular variable, | |||
| V872 Ara | V872 | 149989 | 81650 | 6.30 | 2.86 | 159 | A9V | γ Dor variable | |||
| ρ1 Ara | ρ1 | V846 | 152478 | 82868 | 6.30 | −0.51 | 751 | B3Vnpe | Be star | ||
| HD 158907 | 158907 | 85975 | 6.32 | 0.52 | 470 | G6/G8III | |||||
| HD 154555 | 154555 | 83984 | 6.37 | −1.87 | 1449 | B8II/III | |||||
| HD 153201 | 153201 | 83269 | 6.40 | −1.40 | 1181 | Ap... | |||||
| HD 153370 | 153370 | 83321 | 6.43 | 1.45 | 323 | A7V | |||||
| HD 151566 | 151566 | 82418 | 6.45 | 2.07 | 245 | A5+... | |||||
| HD 164896 | 164896 | 88675 | 6.46 | −1.89 | 1523 | A2III | |||||
| HD 150897 | 150897 | 82091 | 6.47 | 0.78 | 448 | A1V | |||||
| HD 152220 | 152220 | 82723 | 6.49 | −1.68 | 1405 | K1II | |||||
| HD 155951 | 155951 | 84700 | 6.50 | 0.39 | 542 | K1III | |||||
| HD 157832 | V750 | 157832 | 85467 | 6.65 | -5.07 | 7200 | B2Vne | γ Cas variable, | |||
| HD 156411 | 156411 | 84787 | 6.67 | 2.96 | 180 | G1Vw... | Inquill, has a planet | ||||
| R Ara | R | 149730 | 81589 | 6.73 | 2.20 | 262 | B9IV/V | Algol variable, | |||
| HD 155555 | V824 | 155555 | 84586 | 6.77 | 4.18 | 102.5 | G5IV+K0IV-V | RS CVn variable, | |||
| HD 156385 | 156385 | 84757 | 6.92 | WC7.5 | Wolf–Rayet star | ||||||
| HD 154857 | 154857 | 84069 | 7.25 | 3.07 | 223 | G5V | has 2 confirmed planets | ||||
| V535 Ara | V535 | 159441 | 86306 | 7.36 | 2.02 | 381 | A8V | W UMa variable, | |||
| HD 154672 | 154672 | 83983 | 8.21 | 4.12 | 215 | G3IV | has a planet | ||||
| RW Ara | RW | 158830 | 8.97 | A1IV | Algol variable, | ||||||
| HD 152079 | 152079 | 82632 | 9.20 | 4.55 | 278 | G6V | has a planet | ||||
| Gliese 674 | 85523 | 9.36 | 11.08 | 15 | M2.5 | has a planet | |||||
| Gliese 676A | 85647 | 9.59 | 8.55 | 53 | M0 | component of Gliese 676 system; has a planet | |||||
| S Ara | S | 88064 | 10.73 | 1.81 | 1980 | A3 | RR Lyr variable, | ||||
| SAO 244567 | V839 | 10.75 | -2.96 | 18000 | B3e | central star of Stingray Nebula | |||||
| AE Ara | AE | 11.00 | M2-5.5+Be | Z And variable, | |||||||
| CPD -56 8032 | V837 | 83916 | 11.04 | WC10 | central star of planetary nebula; Wolf–Rayet star | ||||||
| AT Ara | AT | 11.5 | K2+ | SS Cyg variable, | |||||||
| GX 339-4 | V821 | 15.5 | X-ray nova, | ||||||||
| BPM 25114 | V820 | 15.62 | DA: | variable white dwarf, | |||||||
| Westerlund 1-26 | 16.79 | M5-6Ia | in Westerlund 1; one of the largest known stars | ||||||||
| 4U 1636-53 | V801 | 17.5 | A1IV | X-ray burster, | |||||||
| SGR 1627-41 | 11000 | soft gamma repeater | |||||||||
| Gliese 676B | M3 | component of Gliese 676 system | |||||||||
| BF Ara | BF | SU UMa variable | |||||||||
| OY Ara | OY | 149990 | nova and Algol variable | ||||||||
| CXOU J164710.2-455216 | in Westerlund 1 Anomalous X-ray pulsar | ||||||||||
| PSR J1644-4559 | pulsar | ||||||||||
| XTE J1650-500 | K4V | Low-mass X-ray binary; black hole candidate | |||||||||
| XTE J1701-462 | Low-mass X-ray binary |
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