Lupus
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Lupus is a constellation located in the southern half of the night sky. It's one of the recognized star patterns that astronomers and stargazers use to navigate and organize the celestial sphere.
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Lupus is a constellation of the mid-Southern Sky. Its name is Latin for wolf. Lupus was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations but was mostly considered an asterism associated with the nearby constellation Centaurus.
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