Lupus has no extremely bright stars, but has around 30 of 2nd and 3rd magnitude and 70 of greater than 6th, including a number of binary or multiple stars. In his catalogue, Patrick Moore gives the names Men for α Lupi, the brightest star in Lupus, and KeKouan for the blue giant β Lupi.[1] They also have the Chinese names (南)門 and 騎官.
Most of the brightest stars in Lupus are massive members of the nearest OB association, Scorpius-Centaurus.[2]