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 -340→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728
1 Lupus -340 2 Lupus -340 3 Lupus -340 4 Lupus -340 5 Lupus -340 6 Lupus -340 7 Lupus -340 8 Lupus -340 9 Lupus -340 10 Lupus -340 11 Lupus -340 12 Lupus -340 13 Lupus -340 14 Lupus -340 15 Lupus -340 16 Lupus -340 17 Lupus -340 18 Lupus -340 19 Lupus -340 20 Lupus -340 21 Lupus -340 22 Lupus -340 23 Lupus -340 24 Lupus -340 25 Lupus -340 26 Lupus -340 27 Lupus -340 28 Lupus -340 2 Camelopardalis -339 2 October 0971 3 October 0971 4 October 0971 5 October 0971 6 October 0971 7 October 0971 8 October 0971 9 October 0971 10 October 0971 11 October 0971 12 October 0971 13 October 0971 14 October 0971 15 October 0971 16 October 0971 17 October 0971 18 October 0971 19 October 0971 20 October 0971 21 October 0971 22 October 0971 23 October 0971 24 October 0971 25 October 0971 26 October 0971 27 October 0971 28 October 0971 29 October 0971 30 October 0971 31 October 0971
MS -374568 MS -374569 MS -374570 MS -374571 MS -374572 MS -374573 MS -374574 MS -374575 MS -374576 MS -374577 MS -374578 MS -374579 MS -374580 MS -374581 MS -374582 MS -374583 MS -374584 MS -374585 MS -374586 MS -374587 MS -374588 MS -374589 MS -374590 MS -374591 MS -374592 MS -374593 MS -374594 MS -374595 MS -374540 MD -384983 MD -384982 MD -384981 MD -384980 MD -384979 MD -384978 MD -384977 MD -384976 MD -384975 MD -384974 MD -384973 MD -384972 MD -384971 MD -384970 MD -384969 MD -384968 MD -384967 MD -384966 MD -384965 MD -384964 MD -384963 MD -384962 MD -384961 MD -384960 MD -384959 MD -384958 MD -384957 MD -384956 MD -384955 MD -384954