Lupus

:For the autoimmune disorder see lupus erythematosus.

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Lupus (Latin for Wolf) is a southern constellation. It is one of the 88 modern constellations and was also one of the 48 in Ptolemy's Almagest. It is between Centaurus and Scorpius.

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Lupus has no extremely bright stars, but has around thirty stars of second and third magnitude and 70 of greater than sixth, including a number of binary or multiple stars. The stars which make up the constellation figure have no names, the brightest is α Lupi, a blue giant.

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Autoimmune disorder: REDIRECT Autoimmune disease...

Lupus erythematosus: Lupus erythematosus (also known as systemic lupus erythematosus or SLE) is an autoimmune disorder in which antibodies are created against the patient's own DNA. It is named for the Latin lupus, meaning "wolf," due to the butterfly-shaped rash that the disease classically creates on the cheek which m...

Latin: Latin is an Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. It gained great importance as the formal language of the Roman Empire. All Romance languages are descended from Latin, and many words based on Latin are found in other modern languages such as English. The ...

Lupus related Images and Photos (experimental)

Peter Lupus	"House ""It's Not Lupus"" T-Shirt - Navy"	"""It's Not Lupus"" House T-Shirt"	Gray Wolf Canis Lupus
Gray Wolf Canis Lupus Staring from Behind the Trees North America	Gray Wolf Near Birch Tree Trunks Canis Lupus MN	Grey Wolves Showing Fur Colour Variation (Canis Lupus)	Grey Wolves Showing Fur Colour Variation (Canis Lupus)
Jim Dutcher Places His Hand to the Paw of a Gray Wolf Canis Lupus