--- name: U Ara constellation: Ara created_by: 8mag created_date: 2022-01-21 17:00:00 updated_by: skybber updated_date: 2022-01-21 17:29:35.486491 --- a variable star of the Mira type, whose brightness is sufficient even for smaller telescopes - it reaches 8mag at its maximum. At minimum, however, its brightness drops by a full five magnitudes. It changes over a period of seven months.