IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg)
Lupus
The Wolf
OriginAncient
AbbreviationLup
GenitiveLupi
Pronunciation/ˈljuːpəs/ genitive /-paɪ/
LOOP-us
LocationSouthern Hemisphere
Primary Starα Lupi
Right Ascention 15h 12m Declination -52° 06'
Martian Solar Lag δ(🜨→♂) +0.437 h (26.2 min)
Lupus, “The Wolf”, was called Therion by the ancient Greeks.  It was an unspecified wild animal.  Centaurus, the centaur has it impaled on a spear, ready to sacrifice the beast on the altar, Ara.  The Babylonians new this constellation as a wolf.
www.underthesky.com
Lupus as depicted by Johannes Hevelius in his Firmamentum Sobiescianum sive Uranographia (1687). Source image provided by www.RareMaps.com — Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc. Via www.underthenightsky.com.
←Lupus -149→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728
1 Lupus -149 2 Lupus -149 3 Lupus -149 4 Lupus -149 5 Lupus -149 6 Lupus -149 7 Lupus -149 8 Lupus -149 9 Lupus -149 10 Lupus -149 11 Lupus -149 12 Lupus -149 13 Lupus -149 14 Lupus -149 15 Lupus -149 16 Lupus -149 17 Lupus -149 18 Lupus -149 19 Lupus -149 20 Lupus -149 21 Lupus -149 22 Lupus -149 23 Lupus -149 24 Lupus -149 25 Lupus -149 26 Lupus -149 27 Lupus -149 28 Lupus -149 1 Camelopardalis -148 6 February 1331 7 February 1331 8 February 1331 9 February 1331 10 February 1331 11 February 1331 12 February 1331 13 February 1331 14 February 1331 15 February 1331 16 February 1331 17 February 1331 18 February 1331 19 February 1331 20 February 1331 21 February 1331 22 February 1331 23 February 1331 24 February 1331 25 February 1331 26 February 1331 27 February 1331 28 February 1331 1 March 1331 2 March 1331 3 March 1331 4 March 1331 5 March 1331 6 March 1331
MS -246867 MS -246868 MS -246869 MS -246870 MS -246871 MS -246872 MS -246873 MS -246874 MS -246875 MS -246876 MS -246877 MS -246878 MS -246879 MS -246880 MS -246881 MS -246882 MS -246883 MS -246884 MS -246885 MS -246886 MS -246887 MS -246888 MS -246889 MS -246890 MS -246891 MS -246892 MS -246893 MS -246894 MS -246839 MD -253734 MD -253733 MD -253732 MD -253731 MD -253730 MD -253729 MD -253728 MD -253727 MD -253726 MD -253725 MD -253724 MD -253723 MD -253722 MD -253721 MD -253720 MD -253719 MD -253718 MD -253717 MD -253716 MD -253715 MD -253714 MD -253713 MD -253712 MD -253711 MD -253710 MD -253709 MD -253708 MD -253707 MD -253706