Found between the zodiacal constellations of Scorpius and Virgo, Libra is a very faint constellation that is ignored due to the lack of interesting deep sky objects as well as being faint. Interestingly the stars of Libra were once part of Scorpius. This is reflected in the meanings of the two primary stars in Libra, Zuben El Genubi (Alpha Librae) is Arabic for "southern claw" and Zuben Eschamali (Beta Librae) is Arabic for "southern claw". |