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 505→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
2425262728
1 Lupus 505 2 Lupus 505 3 Lupus 505 4 Lupus 505 5 Lupus 505 6 Lupus 505 7 Lupus 505 8 Lupus 505 9 Lupus 505 10 Lupus 505 11 Lupus 505 12 Lupus 505 13 Lupus 505 14 Lupus 505 15 Lupus 505 16 Lupus 505 17 Lupus 505 18 Lupus 505 19 Lupus 505 20 Lupus 505 21 Lupus 505 22 Lupus 505 23 Lupus 505 24 Lupus 505 25 Lupus 505 26 Lupus 505 27 Lupus 505 28 Lupus 505 1 Apus 505 12 June 2561 13 June 2561 14 June 2561 15 June 2561 16 June 2561 17 June 2561 18 June 2561 19 June 2561 20 June 2561 21 June 2561 22 June 2561 23 June 2561 24 June 2561 25 June 2561 26 June 2561 27 June 2561 28 June 2561 29 June 2561 30 June 2561 1 July 2561 2 July 2561 3 July 2561 4 July 2561 5 July 2561 6 July 2561 7 July 2561 8 July 2561 9 July 2561 10 July 2561 11 July 2561
MS 190363 MS 190364 MS 190365 MS 190366 MS 190367 MS 190368 MS 190369 MS 190370 MS 190371 MS 190372 MS 190373 MS 190374 MS 190375 MS 190376 MS 190377 MS 190378 MS 190379 MS 190380 MS 190381 MS 190382 MS 190383 MS 190384 MS 190385 MS 190386 MS 190387 MS 190388 MS 190389 MS 190390 MS 190391 MD 195641 MD 195642 MD 195643 MD 195644 MD 195645 MD 195646 MD 195647 MD 195648 MD 195649 MD 195650 MD 195651 MD 195652 MD 195653 MD 195654 MD 195655 MD 195656 MD 195657 MD 195658 MD 195659 MD 195660 MD 195661 MD 195662 MD 195663 MD 195664 MD 195665 MD 195666 MD 195667 MD 195668 MD 195669 MD 195670