NORTHERN CENTAURUS AND LUPUS
The major portion of Centaurus (the Centaur) sprawls across the
center and right hand side of the picture. Muhlifain, Gamma
Centauri, lies just off right center, while bright Menkent (Theta)
is the bright star about halfway up from center and Iota
is the bright one toward the upper right edge. Eta is just to the
left of center, while Mu and Nu are the pair just up and to the
right of center, Nu on top. This northern part of Centaurus is
tied to the southern portion through
Epsilon Centauri, the bright star toward lower right. The bright
fuzzy image to the right of center is the great globular
star cluster Omega Centauri. Zeta Cen is just down and to the
left of it.
Lupus occupies the lower left portion of
the image. Its brightest star, Kakkab, Alpha Lupi, is down toward
bottom center. Beta Lupi is the lowest of the trio a bit up and to
the left of it, with Delta to the left of Beta, Gamma down and to
the left of Delta. Chi Lupi is off the picture to the left.