Lup - Lupus the Wolf | The Sky Tonight

Origin and History

Lupus is included in the ancient star catalog of Ptolemy, but not in those of Eudoxos of Knidos and Aratos of Soli.

Image	Representation	Date
Image	Bayer, Uranometria (1661): Lupus	1661
Image	Bayer, Uranometria (1661): Lupus, detail	1661
Image	Bode (1801), Plate 15	1801
Image	Bode (1801), Plate 15: Lupus	1801

IAU Constellation Info

Abbr: Lup

Genitive: Lupi

Size: 46 of 88

RA: 15 hours

Evening culmination (9 pm): June

Midnight Culmination: May

Decl: -45 degrees

Entirely visible from: S of 35° latitude

Partially visible from: between 35° and 60° latitude

Not visible at all from: N of 60° latitude

Astronomical Regions:

Southern

Bordering constellations:

Observing

Constellation - Names

Arabic: السبع

Chinese: 豺狼座

English: Wolf

French: Loup

German: Wolf

Greek: Λύκος

Hebrew: זאב

Italian: Lupo

Latin: Lupus

Russian: Волк

Spanish: Lobo

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Constellation Links

Allen, Star Names:

278-279

Ridpath, Star Tales: Lup

SEDs Constellation page: Lup

Wikipedia: Lup

Asterisms

Deep Sky Objects

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Lup - Lupus the Wolf

Origin and History

IAU Constellation Info

Observing

Constellation - Names

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Constellation Links

Asterisms

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Origin and History

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IAU Constellation Info

Observing

Constellation - Names

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Constellation Links

Asterisms

Deep Sky Objects

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Kerry Magruder, Brent Purkaple, and Aja Tolman, editors, "The Sky Tonight: Cultural Archaeology of the Stars" (December 21, 2019 - ongoing), skytonight.org.

Click map/caption to enlarge.
Courtesy IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg); CC-by.