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 -172→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728
1 Lupus -172 2 Lupus -172 3 Lupus -172 4 Lupus -172 5 Lupus -172 6 Lupus -172 7 Lupus -172 8 Lupus -172 9 Lupus -172 10 Lupus -172 11 Lupus -172 12 Lupus -172 13 Lupus -172 14 Lupus -172 15 Lupus -172 16 Lupus -172 17 Lupus -172 18 Lupus -172 19 Lupus -172 20 Lupus -172 21 Lupus -172 22 Lupus -172 23 Lupus -172 24 Lupus -172 25 Lupus -172 26 Lupus -172 27 Lupus -172 28 Lupus -172 1 Camelopardalis -171 29 October 1287 30 October 1287 31 October 1287 1 November 1287 2 November 1287 3 November 1287 4 November 1287 5 November 1287 6 November 1287 7 November 1287 8 November 1287 9 November 1287 10 November 1287 11 November 1287 12 November 1287 13 November 1287 14 November 1287 15 November 1287 16 November 1287 17 November 1287 18 November 1287 19 November 1287 20 November 1287 21 November 1287 22 November 1287 23 November 1287 24 November 1287 25 November 1287 26 November 1287 27 November 1287
MS -262244 MS -262245 MS -262246 MS -262247 MS -262248 MS -262249 MS -262250 MS -262251 MS -262252 MS -262253 MS -262254 MS -262255 MS -262256 MS -262257 MS -262258 MS -262259 MS -262260 MS -262261 MS -262262 MS -262263 MS -262264 MS -262265 MS -262266 MS -262267 MS -262268 MS -262269 MS -262270 MS -262271 MS -262216 MD -269539 MD -269538 MD -269537 MD -269536 MD -269535 MD -269534 MD -269533 MD -269532 MD -269531 MD -269530 MD -269529 MD -269528 MD -269527 MD -269526 MD -269525 MD -269524 MD -269523 MD -269522 MD -269521 MD -269520 MD -269519 MD -269518 MD -269517 MD -269516 MD -269515 MD -269514 MD -269513 MD -269512 MD -269511 MD -269510