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🌎  Observing from: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
🌅 Sunrise: 5:54  ☀️ Transit: 12:05  🌅 Sunset: 18:16

1 Lupi

1 Lupi is a bright giant star in the constellation of Lupus.

1 Lupi visual magnitude is 4.91. Because of its moderate brightness, 1 Lupi should be easily visible from locations with dark skyes, while it can be barely visible, or not visible at all, from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 1 Lupi:

4.91
Bright giant
1 Lupi is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change].

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 1 Lupi

1 Lupi is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern emisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 1 Lupi are provided in the following table:

15h 14m 37s
-31° 31’ 09”
335.5°
22.15°
Lupus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 1 Lupi in the sky:

Finder chart 1 Lupi star
Simplified finder chart for 1 Lupi.

Visibility of 1 Lupi from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's 1 Lupi rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change] are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 121.5°
Max altitude: 7.0°
Azimuth: 238.5°
1 Lupi is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 1 Lupi

The image below is a photograph of 1 Lupi from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 1 Lupi is -0.005 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.001 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of 1 Lupi star
DSS2 image of 1 Lupi. The red arrow shows the motion of 1 Lupi during the next 100000 years (-8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 1 Lupi from the Sun and relative movement

1 Lupi is distant 1,139.86 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

349.65 pc
1,139.86 ly
-23 km/s
-0.005 arcsec/year
0.001 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 1 Lupi

1 Lupi belongs to spectral class F1 and has a luminosity class of II corresponding to a bright giant star.

-2.81
F1II
7044K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 1 Lupi is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 1 Lupi. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 1 Lupi

SAO206445
SAO206445