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1 Lupi

Below the horizon.  Rise: 22:11 | Tran: 0:48 | Set: 3:28
Alt: -6.65°   Az: 225.49°   Direction: South-West

1 Lupi is a bright giant star of spectral class F1 in the constellation of Lupus.

1 Lupi visual magnitude is 4.91. Because of its moderate brightness, 1 Lupi is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 16m 10s
-31° 36’ 43”
03h 45m 08s
19h 01m 19s

J2000

15h 14m 37s
-31° 31’ 09”

Galactic Coordinates

335.5°
22.15°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 1 Lupi.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.91
Bright giant

-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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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
1,139.86
-23 km/s
-0.005 arcsec/y
0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO206445
SAO206445

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 121.6°
Max altitude: 6.9°
Azimuth: 238.4°