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2 Lupi

Below the horizon.  Rise: 17:53 | Tran: 20:43 | Set: 23:34
Alt: -28.83°   Az: 256.61°   Direction: West-South-West

2 Lupi is a variable giant star of spectral class G9 in the constellation of Lupus.

2 Lupi visual magnitude is 4.34. Because of its moderate brightness, 2 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 2 Lupi star
DSS2 image of 2 Lupi. The red arrow shows the motion of 2 Lupi during the next 10000 years (-1.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 19m 23s
-30° 14’ 27”
06h 37m 44s
21h 57m 08s

J2000

15h 17m 49s
-30° 08’ 56”

Galactic Coordinates

336.96°
22.88°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 2 Lupi.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.34
Giant

-0.54
G9III
4515K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 2 Lupi is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 2 Lupi. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

2 Lupi is distant 307.84 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

94.43
307.84
-4 km/s
-0.008 arcsec/y
-0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO183346
SAO183346

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 2 Lupi rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 120.2°
Max altitude: 8.3°
Azimuth: 239.8°