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 -873→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728
1 Lupus -873 2 Lupus -873 3 Lupus -873 4 Lupus -873 5 Lupus -873 6 Lupus -873 7 Lupus -873 8 Lupus -873 9 Lupus -873 10 Lupus -873 11 Lupus -873 12 Lupus -873 13 Lupus -873 14 Lupus -873 15 Lupus -873 16 Lupus -873 17 Lupus -873 18 Lupus -873 19 Lupus -873 20 Lupus -873 21 Lupus -873 22 Lupus -873 23 Lupus -873 24 Lupus -873 25 Lupus -873 26 Lupus -873 27 Lupus -873 28 Lupus -873 1 Camelopardalis -872 19 December -0032 20 December -0032 21 December -0032 22 December -0032 23 December -0032 24 December -0032 25 December -0032 26 December -0032 27 December -0032 28 December -0032 29 December -0032 30 December -0032 31 December -0032 1 January -0031 2 January -0031 3 January -0031 4 January -0031 5 January -0031 6 January -0031 7 January -0031 8 January -0031 9 January -0031 10 January -0031 11 January -0031 12 January -0031 13 January -0031 14 January -0031 15 January -0031 16 January -0031 17 January -0031
MS -730929 MS -730930 MS -730931 MS -730932 MS -730933 MS -730934 MS -730935 MS -730936 MS -730937 MS -730938 MS -730939 MS -730940 MS -730941 MS -730942 MS -730943 MS -730944 MS -730945 MS -730946 MS -730947 MS -730948 MS -730949 MS -730950 MS -730951 MS -730952 MS -730953 MS -730954 MS -730955 MS -730956 MS -730901 MD -751243 MD -751242 MD -751241 MD -751240 MD -751239 MD -751238 MD -751237 MD -751236 MD -751235 MD -751234 MD -751233 MD -751232 MD -751231 MD -751230 MD -751229 MD -751228 MD -751227 MD -751226 MD -751225 MD -751224 MD -751223 MD -751222 MD -751221 MD -751220 MD -751219 MD -751218 MD -751217 MD -751216 MD -751215 MD -751214