Lupus (The Wolf)

Southern constellation of the beast, deep in Milky Way star fields.

Core Principles & Analysis

• It is one of Ptolemy's 48 constellations, though he called it simply the Beast; the wolf identity was fixed in the Renaissance.
• Centaurus is shown sacrificing the wolf toward the Altar, binding the three in one myth.
• Its fields contain the Lupus star-forming clouds of the nearest massive star-forming complex to the Sun.

Specifications & Metrics

• BRIGHTEST STAR: α Lupi
• HEMISPHERE: Southern
• BEST VIEWED: June