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υ Lupi (upsilon Lupi)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -34.07°   Az: 246.97°   Direction: West-South-West

υ Lupi is a double hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Lupus.

υ Lupi visual magnitude is 5.37. Because of its faintness, υ Lupi is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of υ Lupi (upsilon Lupi) star
DSS2 image of υ Lupi. The red arrow shows the motion of υ Lupi during the next 10000 years (-6.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 26m 23s
-39° 47’ 51”
06h 28m 29s
21h 54m 53s

J2000

15h 24m 44s
-39° 42’ 37”

Galactic Coordinates

332.42°
14.23°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for υ Lupi (upsilon Lupi).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.37
Hypergiant
υ Lupi is also a Si chemically peculiar star.

0.01
A0
11744K

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

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

Star System Properties

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

5.37
10.87
5.5
1.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

υ Lupi is distant 384.43 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

117.92
384.43
-8 km/s
-0.037 arcsec/y
-0.047"/y

Alternative Designations

υ Lupi
(upsilon Lupi)
SAO206597
SAO206597

Visibility from Your Location

υ Lupi (upsilon Lupi) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK