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Far from any lights, the sky fills with stars. Drawn from real star positions; bigger dots are brighter stars. See it from a city or the suburbs in the app.

✨ Constellation

Libra

The Scales: the only sign of the zodiac that is an object, not a living thing.

Name means: The Scales
Best seen: June evenings
Where to see it: Almost everywhere on Earth
Brightest star: Zubeneschamali
Stars in the pattern: 6

Did you know?

Its two brightest stars have Arabic names meaning the southern claw and the northern claw: they were once part of Scorpius next door.

In this part of the sky

Virgo The Maiden: the biggest constellation of the zodiac, with the bright star Spica. Scorpius The Scorpion, with red Antares at its heart.

More NASA photos of LibraStraight from NASA’s image library, in the app

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All of night sky

Orion The Hunter, with three bright stars in a row for his belt. Ursa Major The Great Bear, home of the Big Dipper. Ursa Minor The Little Bear, with Polaris at the tip of its tail. Cassiopeia A bright W of five stars, named after a boastful queen. Scorpius The Scorpion, with red Antares at its heart. Leo The Lion, whose head is a backwards question mark of stars.

Facts: Star patterns: d3-celestial (IAU figures, Hipparcos star data). Stories: traditional Greek and Roman myths. Open Libra in the app.