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name: α Lup
constellation: Lup
created_by: 8mag
created_date: 2022-01-21 17:00:00
updated_by: skybber
updated_date: 2022-02-07 15:53:08.307344
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the brightest star in the constellation. It varies in apparent brightness from 2.3mag to 2.8mag in a period of 0.260 days. It has a faint companion of 13.4mag. It is 460 light-years distant.