Lupus

Abbreviation: Lup
Genitive: Lupi
Right Ascension: 15.40 hours
Declination: -42.96 degrees

Lupis, the Wolf, is visible to the Northern Hemisphere in

Lupis, the Wolf, was known to the Greeks as a wild animal, which the Centaur is carrying on his spear as a sacrifice the the gods. The Arabs know Lupis as Al Asadah, the Lioness, but to the people of the Euphrates valley Lupis was known as Zibu, the Beast and Urbat, the Beast of Death, or the Star of the Dead Feathers.

Bright Stars | Deep Sky | Other Deep Sky | Variable Stars | Double Stars

Best Known Stars

(Yale Bright Star Catalog)

Common Name or Bayer Number 1	RA	DEC	Magnitude 2
ALP LUP	14.00:41.00:55.76	-47.00:23.00:17.51	2.30
BET LUP	14.00:58.00:31.92	-43.00:8.00:2.40	2.68
ZET LUP	15.00:12.00:17.10	-52.00:5.00:57.38	3.41
PHI1 LUP	15.00:21.00:48.37	-36.00:15.00:41.03	3.56
CHI LUP	15.00:50.00:57.53	-33.00:37.00:37.84	3.95
THE LUP	16.00:6.00:35.54	-36.00:48.00:8.29	4.23

Deep Sky Objects

(PAS Catalog)

Other Deep Sky Objects

(Saguaro Astronomy Club Catalog)

Only Objects less than 10.0 Mag.

Object	R.A.	Dec.	Object Type 3	Mag.	Uranometria	Tirion
NGC 5643	14 32.6	-44 13	GALXY	10.0	404	21
NGC 5749	14 48.9	-54 31	OPNCL	08.8	431	25
Hogg 18	14 50.7	-52 15	OPNCL	08	431	25
NGC 5824	15 04.0	-33 04	GLOCL	09	373	21
NGC 5822	15 05.2	-54 21	OPNCL	06.5	431	25
NGC 5927	15 28.0	-50 40	GLOCL	08.3	431	25
NGC 5986	15 46.1	-37 47	GLOCL	07.1	374	21

Variable Stars

(General Catalog of Variable Stars)

Only Objects <= 8.0 magnitude

GCVS ID	R.A. (hh mm ss.ss)	Dec. (deg mm ss)	Variable Type 4	Mag. Min	Mag. Max
GG Lup	15.00:15.00:39.10	-40.00:36.00:23.00	EB/DM	6.00	5.49
GH Lup	15.00:20.00:56.50	-52.00:40.00:39.00	CEP	7.83	7.55
GM Lup	15.00:1.00:27.90	-40.00:40.00:0.00	LB:	6.70	6.38
GO Lup	15.00:24.00:59.50	-37.00:11.00:8.00	SRB	7.19	6.98
HQ Lup	15.00:22.00:49.80	-39.00:42.00:50.00	ACV	7.38	7.37
HR Lup	15.00:4.00:57.00	-40.00:23.00:33.00	ACV	5.81	5.76
HS Lup	15.00:4.00:35.20	-45.00:23.00:11.00	E:/RS:	0.04	7.74
HX Lup	14.00:19.00:21.80	-48.00:5.00:33.00	ELL:	0.06	6.09
HZ Lup	15.00:3.00:30.70	-30.00:43.00:33.00	ACV	0.07	5.96
II Lup	15.00:19.00:27.00	-51.00:15.00:18.00	M	5.97	4.37
alf Lup	14.00:38.00:35.50	-47.00:10.00:29.00	BCEP	2.34	2.29
del Lup	15.00:18.00:4.90	-40.00:28.00:5.00	BCEP	3.24	3.20
sig Lup	14.00:29.00:14.00	-50.00:14.00:12.00	ELL:	0.02	4.42
tau 1 Lup	14.00:22.00:55.00	-44.00:59.00:47.00	BCEP	4.58	4.54

Double Stars

(Saguaro Astronomy Club Catalog)

Only Objects <= 8.0 magnitude

Name	R.A. (hh mm.m)	Dec. (deg mm)	Mag 5	Sep 6	PA 7	Tirion	Uranometria
HJ 4715	14 56.5	-47 52	6.2, 7.0	2.30	278	21	405
HJ 4728	15 05.1	-47 03	4.7, 4.8	1.60	72	21	405
DUN 178	15 11.6	-45 16	6.7, 7.1	32.30	262	21	405
DUN 177	15 12.0	-48 44	4.1, 6.0	26.60	144	21	405
DUN 176	15 12.3	-52 05	3.5, 7.1	71.90	249	25	431
COO 179	15 13.1	-37 14	7.7, 7.9	6.40	227	21	373
DUN 180	15 18.6	-47 52	5.1, 7.2	24.00	129	21	405
HJ 4753	15 18.6	-47 52	5.1, 5.2	1.30	136	21	405
HJ 4788	15 35.9	-44 57	5.0, 7.0	2.10	6	21	405/ 406
I 89	15 41.1	-39 58	7.0, 7.9	1.20	163	21	373/ 374/ 406
DUN 192	15 47.1	-35 30	6.8, 7.5	34.70	143	21	374
XI LUP	15 56.9	-33 57	5.3, 5.8	10.40	49	21	374
RMK 21	16 00.1	-38 24	3.6, 7.8	15.00	20	22	374
HWE 82	16 03.8	-33 04	7.8, 7.9	2.60	345	22	374