Its story
The Lup has a visual magnitude of about 4.16: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for The Lup: right ascension 16h 6m 36s, declination −36° 48′ 9″ (J2000), in the region of the Lupus constellation (IAU figure Lup).
The Lup. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78918, HD 144294, Gaia DR3 5998676819707873408. In the SkyKeepsake Lupus (Lup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 78918
- Right ascension
- 16h 06m 36s
- Declination
- −36° 48′ 09″
- Magnitude
- 4.16
- Distance
- ≈ 443 ly
Data: gaia-dr3