The Wolf
Lupus
Genitive: Lupi · abbreviation Lup
Best evening month
June
Visible from
90°S to 55°N
Centre RA
15h 15m 00s
Centre Dec
−35° 00′
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Mythology & origin
A wild animal speared by the Centaur. The Greeks simply called it 'the beast'; the wolf identity came later.
Ptolemy · Almagest, 2nd century AD