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public  Labastide-Beauvoir, Francia Labastide-Beauvoir, Francia  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/Paris
Sunrise: 6:18 
Transit: 13:57 
Sunset: 21:36
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ω Lupi (omega Lupi)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 20:48 | Tran: 22:44 | Set: 0:40
Alt: -50.33°   Az: 251.39°   Direction: West-South-West

ω Lupi is a double giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Lupus.

ω Lupi visual magnitude is 4.33. Because of its moderate brightness, ω 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 ω Lupi (omega Lupi) star
DSS2 image of ω Lupi. The red arrow shows the motion of ω Lupi during the next 1000 years (-2.55 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.95 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 39m 47s
-42° 38’ 58”
08h 18m 40s
23h 58m 27s

J2000

15h 38m 03s
-42° 34’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

332.78°
10.44°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ω Lupi (omega Lupi).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.33
Giant

0.09
K4III
3918K

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

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

Star System Properties

ω Lupi is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the ω Lupi double sysyem:

4.33
11.03
6.7
11.8 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ω Lupi is distant 229.74 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

70.47
229.74
-7 km/s
-0.153 arcsec/y
0.057"/y

Alternative Designations

ω Lupi
(omega Lupi)
SAO226004
SAO226004

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ω Lupi (omega Lupi) rise, transit and set times from Labastide-Beauvoir, Francia are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Paris):

Azimuth: 132.6°
Max altitude: 3.9°
Azimuth: 227.4°