Constellations · Constellation · Lupi · Lup
Constellation
Lupus
The wolf, speared by the Centaur. The Greeks just called it “the beast”; the Romans made it a wolf.
- Genitive
- Lupi
- Area
- 334 square degrees · 46th of 88
- Brightest star
- Uridim · magnitude 2.30
- Naked-eye stars
- 124 brighter than magnitude 6.5
- Highest at midnight
- early May
History
In 1006 a star exploded here, the brightest supernova in recorded history, bright enough to cast shadows at night. Astronomers in Egypt, China, Japan, Iraq and Europe recorded it.