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TimezoneAmerica/Puerto_Rico
Sunrise: 5:54 
Transit: 12:28 
Sunset: 19:02
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ρ Lupi (rho Lupi)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 15:26 | Tran: 19:54 | Set: 0:25
Alt: 22.21°   Az: 178.20°   Direction: South

ρ Lupi is a variable main-sequence star of spectral class B5 in the constellation of Lupus.

ρ Lupi visual magnitude is 4.05. Because of its moderate brightness, ρ 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 ρ Lupi (rho Lupi) star
DSS2 image of ρ Lupi. The red arrow shows the motion of ρ Lupi during the next 10000 years (-4.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 39m 37s
-49° 32’ 06”
23h 49m 41s
14h 29m 19s

J2000

14h 37m 53s
-49° 25’ 32”

Galactic Coordinates

320.13°
9.86°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ρ Lupi (rho Lupi).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.05
Main-sequence

-0.84
B5V
12489K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ρ Lupi is distant 310.18 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

95.15
310.18
8 km/s
-0.024 arcsec/y
-0.031"/y

Alternative Designations

ρ Lupi
(rho Lupi)
SAO225071
SAO225071

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ρ Lupi (rho Lupi) rise, transit and set times from Peña Pobre, Puerto Rico are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Puerto_Rico):

Azimuth: 139.5°
Max altitude: 22.2°
Azimuth: 220.5°