Upsilon Librae (υ Lib / υ Librae) is a Class K3, fourth-magnitude star in the constellation Libra. It is, on rare occasions, called Derakrab Borealis, meaning "Northern One of the Scorpion's Arm"; the base name Derakrab being a contraction of the Arabic title Al-Dhira al-Akrab (الذراع العقرب), meaning "Arm of the Scorpion" + Latin borealis for "northern".
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Upsilon Librae
Astronomy
Constellation
Libra
Libra is a constellation of the zodiac. Its name is Latin for weighing scales, and its symbol is (Unicode ♎). It is fairly faint, with no first magnitude stars, and lies between Virgo to the west and Scorpius to the east.
The brightest stars in Libra form a quadrangle:
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