β-Lup (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , β-Lup is not readily observable since it lies so far south that it will never rise more than 5° above the horizon.
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Name
β-Lup
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 14h58m31s [4] |
| Declination: | -43°08'02" [4] |
| Constellation: | Lupus |
| Magnitude: | 2.62 (V) [2] 2.41 (BT) [2] 2.60 (VT) [2] 2.70 (G) [4] 3.02 (BP) [4] 2.86 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 117.4 parsec 382.6 lightyrs [3] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.16 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 53.5 mas/yr[3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 221.9° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -2.73 |
Sources