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Lupus — The Wolf

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How to say it: LOOP-us

Abbreviation & genitive: Lup; Lupi

Approximate position: 15h, −45°

One of the original forty-eight Greek constellations listed by Ptolemy in the Almagest (second-century CE); 46th largest; contains 127 naked-eye stars.

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