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Lupus (abbr. Lup, gen. Lupi)
The Wolf. Lupus is a southern constellation that lies between Scorpius to the east, Centaurus to the west and north, and Circinus to the south. One of its few deep-sky objects of interest to the amateur observer is the open cluster NGC 5822 (visual magnitude 7; apparent diameter 40'; R.A. 15h 05.2m, Dec. -54° 21'). The so-called Lupus Loop is a prehistoric supernova remnant, about 1,500 light-years away (R.A. 15h 10m, Dec. -40°), in the form of a large broken shell, 4.5° in diameter, that is detectable at radio and X-ray wavelengths. See below for details of the constellation's brightest stars.
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| Lupus. © 2003 Torsten Bronger. Copied under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License |
| Stars brighter than magnitude 4.0 | ||||||
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| Star | Visual mag. |
Abs. mag. |
Spectral type |
Distance (lt-yr) |
R.A. (h m s) | Dec. ( ° ' '' ) |
| Alpha (Kakkab) | 2.30 | -3.83 | B1.5III | 548 | 14 41 56 | -47 23 17 |
| Beta (KeKouan) | 2.68 | -3.35 | B2III | 524 | 14 58 32 | -43 08 02 |
| Gamma | 2.80 | -3.41 | B2IV | 567 | 15 35 08 | -41 10 00 |
| Delta | 3.22 | -2.75 | B1.5IV | 510 | 15 21 22 | -40 38 51 |
| Epsilon | 3.37 | -2.58 | B2IV-V | 504 | 15 22 41 | -44 41 21 |
| Zeta | 3.41 | 0.65 | G8III | 116 | 15 12 17 | -52 05 57 |
| Eta | 3.42 | -2.48 | B2.5IV | 493 | 16 00 07 | -38 23 48 |
| Phi-1 | 3.57 | -1.44 | K5III | 326 | 15 21 48 | -36 15 41 |
| Kappa-1 | 3.88 | 0.14 | B9.5Vne | 182 | 15 11 56 | -48 44 16 |
| Pi | 3.91 | -2.01 | B5V+B5IV | 497 | 15 05 07 | -47 03 04 |
| Chi | 3.97 | -0.03 | B9III | 206 | 15 50 57 | -33 37 38 |
| Constellations |
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Related categories
• NOTABLE STARS
• NEBULAE AND STAR CLUSTERS
• GALAXIES
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