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 -832→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728
1 Lupus -832 2 Lupus -832 3 Lupus -832 4 Lupus -832 5 Lupus -832 6 Lupus -832 7 Lupus -832 8 Lupus -832 9 Lupus -832 10 Lupus -832 11 Lupus -832 12 Lupus -832 13 Lupus -832 14 Lupus -832 15 Lupus -832 16 Lupus -832 17 Lupus -832 18 Lupus -832 19 Lupus -832 20 Lupus -832 21 Lupus -832 22 Lupus -832 23 Lupus -832 24 Lupus -832 25 Lupus -832 26 Lupus -832 27 Lupus -832 28 Lupus -832 1 Camelopardalis -831 8 February 0046 9 February 0046 10 February 0046 11 February 0046 12 February 0046 13 February 0046 14 February 0046 15 February 0046 16 February 0046 17 February 0046 18 February 0046 19 February 0046 20 February 0046 21 February 0046 22 February 0046 23 February 0046 24 February 0046 25 February 0046 26 February 0046 27 February 0046 28 February 0046 1 March 0046 2 March 0046 3 March 0046 4 March 0046 5 March 0046 6 March 0046 7 March 0046 8 March 0046 9 March 0046
MS -703516 MS -703517 MS -703518 MS -703519 MS -703520 MS -703521 MS -703522 MS -703523 MS -703524 MS -703525 MS -703526 MS -703527 MS -703528 MS -703529 MS -703530 MS -703531 MS -703532 MS -703533 MS -703534 MS -703535 MS -703536 MS -703537 MS -703538 MS -703539 MS -703540 MS -703541 MS -703542 MS -703543 MS -703488 MD -723068 MD -723067 MD -723066 MD -723065 MD -723064 MD -723063 MD -723062 MD -723061 MD -723060 MD -723059 MD -723058 MD -723057 MD -723056 MD -723055 MD -723054 MD -723053 MD -723052 MD -723051 MD -723050 MD -723049 MD -723048 MD -723047 MD -723046 MD -723045 MD -723044 MD -723043 MD -723042 MD -723041 MD -723040 MD -723039