Lupus

E472717

Lupus is a small, faint constellation in the southern sky, traditionally depicted as a wolf or wild animal.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lupus canonical 17
Lupus dark cloud complex 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomicalObject ⓘ
constellation ⓘ
star ⓘ
star ⓘ
star ⓘ
abbreviation Lup ⓘ
apparentMagnitude about2.3 ⓘ
areaSquareDegrees about334 ⓘ
bestVisibleFromLatitude tropicsAndSouthernMidLatitudes ⓘ
borderedBy Centaurus ⓘ
Circinus ⓘ
Hydra ⓘ
Libra ⓘ
Norma ⓘ
Scorpius ⓘ
containsBrightStar AlphaLupi ⓘ
BetaLupi ⓘ
GammaLupi ⓘ
containsDeepSkyObject NGC5749 ⓘ
linked to: NGC 5749

NGC5822 ⓘ
linked to: NGC 5822

NGC5824 ⓘ
linked to: NGC 5824

NGC5927 ⓘ
NGC5986 ⓘ
linked to: NGC 5986
containsDeepSkyObjectType darkNebula ⓘ
globularCluster ⓘ
openCluster ⓘ
containsNumberOfStarsBrighterThan3.0Mag 4 ⓘ
containsNumberOfStarsWithKnownPlanets several ⓘ
declinationRange approximatelyMinus30DegreesToMinus55Degrees ⓘ
genitiveForm Lupi ⓘ
hasMeteorShower Lupids ⓘ
hasQuadrant SQ3 ⓘ
hasTraditionalDepiction wildAnimal ⓘ
wolf ⓘ
isInConstellation Lupus ⓘ
isPartOf IAU88ModernConstellations ⓘ
liesNear MilkyWayBand ⓘ
locatedIn southernCelestialHemisphere ⓘ
nameLanguage Latin ⓘ
nameMeaning wolf ⓘ
rankByArea 46 ⓘ
recognizedBy InternationalAstronomicalUnion ⓘ
rightAscensionRange approximately14h30mTo16h30m ⓘ
traditionalAssociation GreekAndRomanAstronomy ⓘ
visibility faint ⓘ
visibleFrom mostOfSouthernHemisphere ⓘ
visibleInSeason earlySummer ⓘ
lateSpring ⓘ
wasPartOf CentaurusInAncientGreekTradition ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Centaurus → borderedBy → Lupus ⓘ
Peter Lupus → familyName → Lupus ⓘ
Hugh d'Avranches → nickname → Lupus ⓘ
Lupus molecular clouds → hasAlternativeName → Lupus dark cloud complex ⓘ
linked to: Lupus
Ptolemy → catalogued → Lupus ⓘ
subject linked to: Lupus constellation
Norma → borderedBy → Lupus ⓘ
AlphaLupi → isInConstellation → Lupus ⓘ
subject linked to: Lupus
Bayer family → hasPart → Lupus ⓘ
Crux → borderingConstellation → Lupus ⓘ
subject linked to: Crux constellation
Circinus → locatedNear → Lupus ⓘ
Circinus → borderedBy → Lupus ⓘ