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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke5152.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 5152. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Stars, Constellations And Asterisms

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(the Scales; abbrev. Lib, gen. Librae; area 538 sq. deg.) A southern zodiacal constellation which lies between Virgo and Ophiuchus, and culminates at midnight in early May. The brightest stars of Libra were regarded by the ancient Greeks as comprising the constellation Chelae (the Claws—of the Scorpion) and were cataloged as such by Ptolemy (c. AD 100-175) in the Almagest. The name Libra was intr...

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