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ι Lupi (iota Lupi)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -14.64°   Az: 209.65°   Direction: South-South-West

ι Lupi is a variable sub-giant star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Lupus.

ι Lupi visual magnitude is 3.55. Because of its moderate brightness, ι 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 ι Lupi (iota Lupi) star
DSS2 image of ι Lupi. The red arrow shows the motion of ι Lupi during the next 10000 years (-2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 21m 02s
-46° 10’ 24”
02h 54m 52s
17h 15m 54s

J2000

14h 19m 24s
-46° 03’ 28”

Galactic Coordinates

318.48°
14.14°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ι Lupi (iota Lupi).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.55
Sub-giant

-1.61
B2IV
13121K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ι Lupi is distant 351.67 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

107.87
351.67
22 km/s
-0.013 arcsec/y
0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

ι Lupi
(iota Lupi)
SAO224833
SAO224833

Visibility from Your Location

ι Lupi (iota Lupi) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK