Constellation
The constellation Lupus
Lup
Lupus gathers 74 naked-eye stars —down to magnitude 6— in Stelvia's catalogue. The brightest is Alpha Lupi, and the constellation reaches its highest point of the night around May.
Lupus in figures
- Catalogued stars
- 74
- Brightest star
- Alpha Lupi
- Region of the sky
- Southern sky
- Highest around
- May
- With a proper name
- 0
- Nearest star
- Nu 2 Lupi
Those visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6
Apparent magnitude 2.30
Declination from -55° to -30°
Month when it culminates at midnight
Stars with a traditional name, not just a catalogue designation
48 light years
These figures are computed over Stelvia's catalogue —stars visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6—, not over the constellation's real total: the count, the brightest and the nearest all refer to that catalogue. The region of the sky comes from the median declination of its stars; the month, from their mean right ascension.
Every star in Lupus
The 74 stars of Lupus catalogued by Stelvia, from the brightest to the faintest. Each one has its own page.
- Alpha Lupi2.30
- Beta Lupi2.68
- Gamma Lupi2.80
- Delta Lupi3.22
- Epsilon Lupi3.37
- Zeta Lupi3.41
- Eta Lupi3.42
- Iota Lupi3.55
- Phi 1 Lupi3.57
- Kappa 1 Lupi3.88
- Pi Lupi3.91
- Chi Lupi3.97
- Rho Lupi4.05
- Lambda Lupi4.07
- Theta Lupi4.22
- Mu Lupi4.27
- Omicron Lupi4.32
- Tau 2 Lupi4.33
- Omega Lupi4.34
- 2 Lupi4.35
- Sigma Lupi4.44
- Phi 2 Lupi4.54
- HIP 763714.55
- Tau 1 Lupi4.56
- HIP 755014.60
- HIP 768294.64
- Psi 1 Lupi4.66
- Psi 2 Lupi4.75
- HIP 701044.78
- HIP 744494.83
- HIP 786554.90
- 1 Lupi4.91
- Nu 1 Lupi4.99
- HIP 783234.99
- HIP 738265.13
- Xi 1 Lupi5.14
- HIP 747075.15
- HIP 722905.22
- HIP 769395.23
- HIP 758285.26
- Upsilon Lupi5.36
- HIP 709315.38
- HIP 730955.38
- HIP 715005.39
- HIP 763975.44
- HIP 736245.45
- HIP 743055.45
- HIP 756475.46
- HIP 709155.51
- HIP 700545.55
- HIP 714195.55
- HIP 749505.59
- Xi 2 Lupi5.59
- HIP 772865.61
- HIP 731115.62
- Nu 2 Lupi5.65
- Kappa 2 Lupi5.70
- HIP 789705.72
- HIP 722505.74
- HIP 740665.75
- HIP 740065.77
- HIP 781425.78
- HIP 762075.82
- HIP 706635.83
- HIP 741005.85
- HIP 711825.86
- HIP 711845.86
- HIP 787475.91
- HIP 770865.93
- HIP 746965.96
- HIP 739375.97
- HIP 742245.98
- HIP 703635.99
- HIP 786656.00
A symbolic commemorative gift: neither the signature nor the chosen name implies ownership of the star or recognition by the IAU.