Ara

Ara commemorates the altar on which sacrifices were made to the gods, in both Greek and Roman times. The Romans called it Ara Centauri, to represent the altar Centaurus used, perhaps to sacrifice Lupus, the Wolf. The stars of Ara used to considered part of Centaurus and Lupus until Nicolas Louis de Lacaille created this constellation in the mid eighteenth century.

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