LIBRA

Libra, the Scales, is a lopsided box that lies up and to the left of center. Zubenelgenubi (Alpha) lies just up and to the right of center, Zubeneschamali is a bit farther up and to the left of center, and Zubenhakrabi is down and to the right of center. The pair of stars at dead center are Iota 1 (on the left) and Iota-2 The pair of stars at dead center are Iota-1 (on the left) and Iota-2. Graffias and Dschubba (Beta and Delta Scorpii) are at the lower left corner, while the eastern end of Hydra is to the far right if Libra; the bright star near the right edge is Pi Hydrae. A view shifted to the southeast shows more of Scorpius.

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See Libra from Bode's Uranographia Britannica of 1786.

Libra has a star with an orbiting PLANET.