Alpha Lupi is ’n reusester met ’n sterreklassifikasie van B1,5 III.[1] Sy massa is sowat 10 keer dié van die Son,[6] maar sy ligsterkte is 25 000 keer die Son s’n.[5] Sy effektiewe temperatuur is 21 820 K[8] en dit het dus die blouwit kleur van ’n B-tipe ster. In 1956 het Bernard Pagel en sy kollegas ontdek dit is ’n Beta Cephei-veranderlike,[13] wat beteken sy ligsterkte wissel van tyd tot tyd vanweë pulse in die atmosfeer. Die wisselingsperiode is 0,29585 dae,[9] of net meer as sewe uur, ses minute. Die ligsterkte wissel met sowat 0,05, of 5% van die totale ligsterkte. ’n Ster van die 14de magnitude sowat 26 boogsekondes van Alpha Lupi af word in dubbelsterkatalogusse as ’n metgesel aangedui.[14]
Alpha Lupi is ’n eiebeweginglid van die Bo-Centaurus-Lupus-subgroep van die Scorpius-Centaurus-assosiasie (’n OB-assosiasie), die naaste groep swaar sterre aan die Son wat saam deur die ruimte beweeg.[5] Die assosiasie is sowat 16-20 miljoen jaar oud en is ook die bron van die borrel warm gas waarin die Son geleë is, bekend as die Plaaslike Borrel.[7]
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