Lupus Lup
Lupus is one of the 88 constellations, covering 333 square degrees of the sky (46th largest). It is highest at midnight in May and best in the evening sky in June and July.
1 of its best-known object has a page of their own here.
Facts
| Abbreviation | Lup |
|---|---|
| Size | 333 square degrees (46th largest of the 88; the full Moon covers about 0.2) |
| Middle (J2000) | 15h 18m, −42° |
| Highest at midnight | May (in the evening, around 8–10 pm: June and July) |
| How high | From India (about 20° N) its middle climbs to about 28° above the horizon; from 50° N it never rises. |
| Pages here | 1 object |
Nebulae
1Brightest NGC and IC objects
OpenNGC| Object | Type | Magnitude | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGC 5822 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 6.5 | 18′ |
| NGC 5986 (on the map) | Globular star cluster | 6.9 | 5.4′ |
| NGC 5749 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 8.8 | 7.2′ |
| NGC 5824 (on the map) | Globular star cluster | 9.6 | 5.1′ |
| NGC 5882 (on the map) | Planetary nebula | 10.2 | 0.2′ |
| IC 4406 | Planetary nebula | 10.2 | 0.6′ |
| NGC 5873 (on the map) | Planetary nebula | 11 | 0.1′ |
| ESO274-001 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.2 | 9.8′ |
| NGC 5530 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.2 | 4.9′ |
| NGC 5643 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.5 | 5.3′ |
| NGC 5688 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.8 | 4.1′ |
| IC 4402 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.8 | 5.8′ |
Smaller magnitudes are brighter; the faintest stars the eye sees are about 6. The full Moon is about 31′ across.
Data: IAU constellation boundaries (Roman 1987) · OpenNGC (Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data sources & credits