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 863→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728
1 Lupus 863 2 Lupus 863 3 Lupus 863 4 Lupus 863 5 Lupus 863 6 Lupus 863 7 Lupus 863 8 Lupus 863 9 Lupus 863 10 Lupus 863 11 Lupus 863 12 Lupus 863 13 Lupus 863 14 Lupus 863 15 Lupus 863 16 Lupus 863 17 Lupus 863 18 Lupus 863 19 Lupus 863 20 Lupus 863 21 Lupus 863 22 Lupus 863 23 Lupus 863 24 Lupus 863 25 Lupus 863 26 Lupus 863 27 Lupus 863 28 Lupus 863 1 Apus 863 26 December 3234 27 December 3234 28 December 3234 29 December 3234 30 December 3234 31 December 3234 1 January 3235 2 January 3235 3 January 3235 4 January 3235 5 January 3235 6 January 3235 7 January 3235 8 January 3235 9 January 3235 10 January 3235 11 January 3235 12 January 3235 13 January 3235 14 January 3235 15 January 3235 16 January 3235 17 January 3235 18 January 3235 19 January 3235 20 January 3235 21 January 3235 22 January 3235 23 January 3235
MS 429719 MS 429720 MS 429721 MS 429722 MS 429723 MS 429724 MS 429725 MS 429726 MS 429727 MS 429728 MS 429729 MS 429730 MS 429731 MS 429732 MS 429733 MS 429734 MS 429735 MS 429736 MS 429737 MS 429738 MS 429739 MS 429740 MS 429741 MS 429742 MS 429743 MS 429744 MS 429745 MS 429746 MS 429747 MD 441646 MD 441647 MD 441648 MD 441649 MD 441650 MD 441651 MD 441652 MD 441653 MD 441654 MD 441655 MD 441656 MD 441657 MD 441658 MD 441659 MD 441660 MD 441661 MD 441662 MD 441663 MD 441664 MD 441665 MD 441666 MD 441667 MD 441668 MD 441669 MD 441670 MD 441671 MD 441672 MD 441673 MD 441674