Its story
Eta Lup has a visual magnitude of about 3.41: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for Eta Lup: right ascension 16h 0m 7s, declination −38° 23′ 49″ (J2000), in the region of the Lupus constellation (IAU figure Lup).
Eta Lup. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78384, HD 143118, Gaia DR3 5998019895874780928. In the SkyKeepsake Lupus (Lup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 78384
- Right ascension
- 16h 00m 07s
- Declination
- −38° 23′ 49″
- Magnitude
- 3.41
- Distance
- ≈ 429 ly
Data: gaia-dr3