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 -316→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728
1 Lupus -316 2 Lupus -316 3 Lupus -316 4 Lupus -316 5 Lupus -316 6 Lupus -316 7 Lupus -316 8 Lupus -316 9 Lupus -316 10 Lupus -316 11 Lupus -316 12 Lupus -316 13 Lupus -316 14 Lupus -316 15 Lupus -316 16 Lupus -316 17 Lupus -316 18 Lupus -316 19 Lupus -316 20 Lupus -316 21 Lupus -316 22 Lupus -316 23 Lupus -316 24 Lupus -316 25 Lupus -316 26 Lupus -316 27 Lupus -316 28 Lupus -316 1 Camelopardalis -315 28 November 1016 29 November 1016 30 November 1016 1 December 1016 2 December 1016 3 December 1016 4 December 1016 5 December 1016 6 December 1016 7 December 1016 8 December 1016 9 December 1016 10 December 1016 11 December 1016 12 December 1016 13 December 1016 14 December 1016 15 December 1016 16 December 1016 17 December 1016 18 December 1016 19 December 1016 20 December 1016 21 December 1016 22 December 1016 23 December 1016 24 December 1016 25 December 1016 26 December 1016 27 December 1016
MS -358521 MS -358522 MS -358523 MS -358524 MS -358525 MS -358526 MS -358527 MS -358528 MS -358529 MS -358530 MS -358531 MS -358532 MS -358533 MS -358534 MS -358535 MS -358536 MS -358537 MS -358538 MS -358539 MS -358540 MS -358541 MS -358542 MS -358543 MS -358544 MS -358545 MS -358546 MS -358547 MS -358548 MS -358493 MD -368490 MD -368489 MD -368488 MD -368487 MD -368486 MD -368485 MD -368484 MD -368483 MD -368482 MD -368481 MD -368480 MD -368479 MD -368478 MD -368477 MD -368476 MD -368475 MD -368474 MD -368473 MD -368472 MD -368471 MD -368470 MD -368469 MD -368468 MD -368467 MD -368466 MD -368465 MD -368464 MD -368463 MD -368462 MD -368461