Generalities: it is a quite big constellation of the southern sky, containing stars of average brightness. It transits at midnight between May and June.

Origins and mythology: it is an original Ptolemaic constellation, but there aren’t any links with mythological traditions.

Stars: in the Wolf three stars of magnitude inferior to 3 are present. The brightest star is called Men, it has magnitude 2.30 and it is of blue color. The star beta, named Kekouan, has magnitude 2.68 and and it is blue, too. The stars between magnitude 3 and 4 are eight.

Table of stars brighter than magnitude 3.5
 

Star	Proper name	Magnitude	Spectrum	Colour	Distance (light-years)	Notes
Alpha	Men	2.30	B1	blue	685
Beta	Kekouan	2.68	B2	blue	360
Gamma		2.78	B3	blue	260
Delta		3.22	B2	blue	585
Epsilon		3.37	B3	blue	455
Zeta		3.41	G8	orange	137
Eta		3.41	B2	blue	490

Other objects: in the Wolf interesting clusters and two planetary nebulas are present.

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