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Libra / ˈ l iː b r ə / is a constellation of the zodiac and is located in the Southern celestial hemisphere. Its name is Latin for weighing scales . Its old astronomical symbol is (♎︎).
σ Librae (Latinised to Sigma Librae) is the system's current Bayer designation (the star originally bore the designation Gamma Scorpii [16] and did not receive its current designation until the new designation was agreed upon by Commission 3 of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on July 31, 1930. [17])
This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Libra, sorted by decreasing brightness. Name B F Var HD HIP RA Dec vis. mag. abs. mag. Dist. Sp. class Notes β ...
Spring (wet becoming hot) – Air – Gemini, Libra, Aquarius; Summer (hot becoming dry) – Fire – Aries, Leo, Sagittarius; Autumn (dry becoming cold) – Earth – Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn; Winter (cold becoming wet) – Water – Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces
α Librae (Latinised to Alpha Librae) is the system's Bayer designation.. Zubenelgenubi / ˌ z uː b ən ɛ l dʒ ə ˈ n uː b i /, also rendered Zuben Elgenubi, derives from the Arabic ّالزُبَانَى الجَنُوبِي al-zubānā al-janūbiyy "the southern claw", which was coined before Libra was recognized as a constellation distinct from Scorpius.
Libra: Scales ♎︎: ♎️: U+264E Scales [citation needed] The claws of Scorpio [citation needed] Scorpio: Scorpion ♏︎: ♏️: U+264F Scorpion with stinging tail Sagittarius: Archer ♐︎: ♐️: U+2650 Bow and arrow of a centaur: Capricorn: Goat-horned ♑︎: ♑️: U+2651 Head and forequarters of a goat with the hindquarters and ...
Tau Librae, Latinized from τ Librae, is the Bayer designation for a binary star system at the southern edge of the zodiac constellation of Libra. It can be seen with the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of 3.68. [2] The distance to this system is around 367 light years, as determined from an annual parallax shift of 8.89 mas. [1]
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