Talk:List of stars in Ara

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How do you make the declination column wider in the star tables without putting the arrows or something else on both ends of the word declination, removing the last digit and removing the sign (+/-) of the given declination for this constellation and other constellations if necessary?

[edit] Etymologies

Etymologies listed here don't fit into the table, so please add them in respective star articles with sources.--JyriL talk 16:46, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

BD F Names and other designations Right ascension <Declination> App Mag Abs Mag Distance (ly) Distance (pc) Spectral type Comments
β Beta Arae, Karnot Mizbeach, Karnothamizbeach 17h 25m 18.02s -55° 31′ 47.62″ 2.85 -3.48 602.884 184.843 K3Ib-IIa
  • < קַרְנוֹת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ karnot hamizbeach Horns of the Altar
α Alpha Arae, Choo, Tchou 17h 31m 50.56s -49° 52′ 34.52″ 2.95 -1.40 242.317 74.294 B2Ve
  • < 杵 (Mandarin chǔ) The Pestle
  • Be star
ζ Zeta Arae, Tseen Yin, Korban 16h 58m 37.22s -55° 59′ 24.48″ 3.12 -3.11 574.224 176.056 K3III
  • < 天陰 (Mandarin tiānyīn) The Dark Sky [actually in Aries?]
  • < קרבן korban sacrifice
γ Gamma Arae, Zadok, Tzadok 17h 25m 23.63s -56° 22′ 39.41″ 3.34 -4.37 1136.446 348.432 B1Ib
  • < צָדוֹק tzadok "the Righteous One" (Zadok and his descendents served as High Priests in Judea from the time of Solomon to the time of the Maccabees.)
δ Delta Arae, Tseen Yin 17h 31m 05.96s -60° 41′ 01.60″ 3.62 -0.17 187.232 57.405 B8Vn
  • < 天陰 (Mandarin tiānyīn) The Dark Sky [actually in Aries?]
θ Theta Arae, Tao Shou 18h 06m 37.84s -50° 05′ 30.04″ 3.65 -3.81 1012.919 310.559 B2Ib
  • < 道壽 tao shou "The Way To Longevity" or "The Path To a Long Life"
η Eta Arae 16h 49m 47.12s -59° 02′ 29.33″ 3.77 -1.14 313.313 96.061 K5III
ε¹ Epsilon1 Arae, Tso Kang 16h 59m 35.06s -53° 09′ 38.04″ 4.06 -0.79 304.255 93.284 K4IIIab
  • < 左更 (Mandarin zuŏgēng) The Left Watch [actually in Aries?]
σ 1 Sigma Arae 17h 35m 39.55s -46° 30′ 20.25″ 4.56 -0.80 385.531 118.203 A0V
λ Lambda Arae 17h 40m 23.57s -49° 24′ 55.89″ 4.76 3.06 71.338 21.872 F3IV
μ Mu Arae 17h 44m 08.70s -51° 50′ 02.80″ 5.14 4.22 49.827 15.277 G3IV-V
  • has four planets
κ Kappa Arae 17h 25m 59.97s -50° 38′ 00.97″ 5.19 -0.24 398.241 122.1 G8III
ι Iota Arae 17h 23m 16.08s -47° 28′ 05.18″ 5.21 -1.51 721.593 221.239 B2IIIne
π Pi Arae 17h 38m 05.65s -54° 30′ 01.39″ 5.25 2.12 137.561 42.176 A5IV-V
ε² Epsilon2 Arae 17h 03m 08.76s -53° 14′ 12.91″ 5.27 3.17 85.901 26.337 F6V
41 41 Arae 17h 19m 03.83s -46° 38′ 10.44″ 5.55 5.83 28.66 8.787 G8V+K7Vp
  • double: period 693 to 2,200y
ν¹, υ¹ Nu-1 Arae, Upsilon-1 Arae, V539 Arae 17h 50m 28.25s -53° 36′ 44.06″ 5.68 -1.33 823.636 252.525 B2V+B3V
ν², υ² Nu-2 Arae, Upsilon-2 Arae 17h 51m 10.96s -53° 07′ 49.98″ 6.09 0.13 508.037 155.763 B9.5III-IV