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 196→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728
1 Lupus 196 2 Lupus 196 3 Lupus 196 4 Lupus 196 5 Lupus 196 6 Lupus 196 7 Lupus 196 8 Lupus 196 9 Lupus 196 10 Lupus 196 11 Lupus 196 12 Lupus 196 13 Lupus 196 14 Lupus 196 15 Lupus 196 16 Lupus 196 17 Lupus 196 18 Lupus 196 19 Lupus 196 20 Lupus 196 21 Lupus 196 22 Lupus 196 23 Lupus 196 24 Lupus 196 25 Lupus 196 26 Lupus 196 27 Lupus 196 28 Lupus 196 1 Apus 196 7 February 1980 8 February 1980 9 February 1980 10 February 1980 11 February 1980 12 February 1980 13 February 1980 14 February 1980 15 February 1980 16 February 1980 17 February 1980 18 February 1980 19 February 1980 20 February 1980 21 February 1980 22 February 1980 23 February 1980 24 February 1980 25 February 1980 26 February 1980 27 February 1980 28 February 1980 29 February 1980 1 March 1980 2 March 1980 3 March 1980 4 March 1980 5 March 1980 6 March 1980 7 March 1980
MS -16230 MS -16229 MS -16228 MS -16227 MS -16226 MS -16225 MS -16224 MS -16223 MS -16222 MS -16221 MS -16220 MS -16219 MS -16218 MS -16217 MS -16216 MS -16215 MS -16214 MS -16213 MS -16212 MS -16211 MS -16210 MS -16209 MS -16208 MS -16207 MS -16206 MS -16205 MS -16204 MS -16203 MS -16202 MD -16691 MD -16690 MD -16689 MD -16688 MD -16687 MD -16686 MD -16685 MD -16684 MD -16683 MD -16682 MD -16681 MD -16680 MD -16679 MD -16678 MD -16677 MD -16676 MD -16675 MD -16674 MD -16673 MD -16672 MD -16671 MD -16670 MD -16669 MD -16668 MD -16667 MD -16666 MD -16665 MD -16664 MD -16663 MD -16662