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Old 10-06-2018, 03:12 PM
Tropo-Bob (Bob)
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LUPUS - The Grand Tour

It's time to check out the Wolf. Lupus boarders with Libra, so my Tour is staring to form a continious North-South slice across the sky.


The Main Stars:

Alpha Lupi (Lup): A nearby (460LY) supernova canditate.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Lupi

Beta Lup (Kekouan): Only 25 million years old, yet near the end of its hydrogen phase.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_Lupi

Gamma Lup: Binary (190 year period) that was widest in 2014. The only measurement I have says 0.8 arc seconds in 1996.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_Lupi

Delta Lup: Only 15 million years old, but has already entered the subgiant stage.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Lupi

Eplison Lup. Double star; the companion is wide and faint.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epsilon_Lupi


Objects of interest.

NGC 5882: Planetary nebula.
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1114a/

NGC 5824: Globular. Distance 104,000 LY.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_5824

NGC: 5927: Globular. Distance 25,000 LY. I am so familiar with this globular, as I use it as a marker when checking the nearby site of what was a nova in 1893. I am hoping to catch a recurrence of the nova. I have seen this globular under a 10 day-old Moon with just a 70mm scope. (Admittedly, not well.) I look forward to comparing it to the other 2 globulars in Lupus, which I have not viewed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_5927

NGC: 5986: Globular. Distance 34,000LY.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_5986

NGC:5822. Open cluster. Distance 2,500 LY.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_5822


Messier Objects: Nil
Caldwell Objects: Nil
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