η Lupi, often Latinised as Eta Lupi, is a probable triple star[4][12] system in the southern constellation of Lupus. It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 3.41.[2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 27.80[1]mas as seen from Earth, it is located around 136 parsecs (440 ly) distant from the Sun. It is a member of the Upper Centaurus–Lupus subgroup of the nearby Sco OB2 association.[13]
The secondary, component B, is a chemically peculiarA-type main sequence star with a class of A5 Vp[4] and an estimated mass 2.10 times that of the Sun.[12] The outer member, component C, has an orbital period of around half a million years.[12] As of 2007, it had an angular separation of 115.8 arc seconds along a position angle of 248° from the primary.[3] It is an F-type main sequence star with a classification of F5 V and an estimated 1.29 times the Sun's mass.[12]
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^Uesugi, Akira; Fukuda, Ichiro (1970), "Catalogue of rotational velocities of the stars", Contributions from the Institute of Astrophysics and Kwasan Observatory, University of Kyoto, Bibcode:1970crvs.book.....U