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 1259→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728
1 Lupus 1259 2 Lupus 1259 3 Lupus 1259 4 Lupus 1259 5 Lupus 1259 6 Lupus 1259 7 Lupus 1259 8 Lupus 1259 9 Lupus 1259 10 Lupus 1259 11 Lupus 1259 12 Lupus 1259 13 Lupus 1259 14 Lupus 1259 15 Lupus 1259 16 Lupus 1259 17 Lupus 1259 18 Lupus 1259 19 Lupus 1259 20 Lupus 1259 21 Lupus 1259 22 Lupus 1259 23 Lupus 1259 24 Lupus 1259 25 Lupus 1259 26 Lupus 1259 27 Lupus 1259 28 Lupus 1259 1 Apus 1259 5 January 3980 6 January 3980 7 January 3980 8 January 3980 9 January 3980 10 January 3980 11 January 3980 12 January 3980 13 January 3980 14 January 3980 15 January 3980 16 January 3980 17 January 3980 18 January 3980 19 January 3980 20 January 3980 21 January 3980 22 January 3980 23 January 3980 24 January 3980 25 January 3980 26 January 3980 27 January 3980 28 January 3980 29 January 3980 30 January 3980 31 January 3980 1 February 3980 2 February 3980 3 February 3980
MS 694480 MS 694481 MS 694482 MS 694483 MS 694484 MS 694485 MS 694486 MS 694487 MS 694488 MS 694489 MS 694490 MS 694491 MS 694492 MS 694493 MS 694494 MS 694495 MS 694496 MS 694497 MS 694498 MS 694499 MS 694500 MS 694501 MS 694502 MS 694503 MS 694504 MS 694505 MS 694506 MS 694507 MS 694508 MD 713761 MD 713762 MD 713763 MD 713764 MD 713765 MD 713766 MD 713767 MD 713768 MD 713769 MD 713770 MD 713771 MD 713772 MD 713773 MD 713774 MD 713775 MD 713776 MD 713777 MD 713778 MD 713779 MD 713780 MD 713781 MD 713782 MD 713783 MD 713784 MD 713785 MD 713786 MD 713787 MD 713788 MD 713789 MD 713790