Coordinates: 14h41m54,
00s, -47 ° 2300, 00 Alpha Lupi ( Alpha Lupi, α booty) - the brightest stars in Lupus (magnitude: 2.30 m). Distant from the Sun to about 550 light years. Its absol ute size is -3.83 m. Belongs to the spectral type B1, 5 March (se e Hertzsprung-Russell diagram). The surface temperature of the giant is about 31 600K. This star is 10-1 times more massive is the Sun, ten times more from him and lit 18 000 times brighter. Rotates at approximately