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 -43→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728
1 Lupus -43 2 Lupus -43 3 Lupus -43 4 Lupus -43 5 Lupus -43 6 Lupus -43 7 Lupus -43 8 Lupus -43 9 Lupus -43 10 Lupus -43 11 Lupus -43 12 Lupus -43 13 Lupus -43 14 Lupus -43 15 Lupus -43 16 Lupus -43 17 Lupus -43 18 Lupus -43 19 Lupus -43 20 Lupus -43 21 Lupus -43 22 Lupus -43 23 Lupus -43 24 Lupus -43 25 Lupus -43 26 Lupus -43 27 Lupus -43 28 Lupus -43 1 Camelopardalis -42 12 July 1530 13 July 1530 14 July 1530 15 July 1530 16 July 1530 17 July 1530 18 July 1530 19 July 1530 20 July 1530 21 July 1530 22 July 1530 23 July 1530 24 July 1530 25 July 1530 26 July 1530 27 July 1530 28 July 1530 29 July 1530 30 July 1530 31 July 1530 1 August 1530 2 August 1530 3 August 1530 4 August 1530 5 August 1530 6 August 1530 7 August 1530 8 August 1530 9 August 1530 10 August 1530
MS -175996 MS -175997 MS -175998 MS -175999 MS -176000 MS -176001 MS -176002 MS -176003 MS -176004 MS -176005 MS -176006 MS -176007 MS -176008 MS -176009 MS -176010 MS -176011 MS -176012 MS -176013 MS -176014 MS -176015 MS -176016 MS -176017 MS -176018 MS -176019 MS -176020 MS -176021 MS -176022 MS -176023 MS -175968 MD -180895 MD -180894 MD -180893 MD -180892 MD -180891 MD -180890 MD -180889 MD -180888 MD -180887 MD -180886 MD -180885 MD -180884 MD -180883 MD -180882 MD -180881 MD -180880 MD -180879 MD -180878 MD -180877 MD -180876 MD -180875 MD -180874 MD -180873 MD -180872 MD -180871 MD -180870 MD -180869 MD -180868 MD -180867 MD -180866