Brachium
- HIP
- 73714
- Designation
- 20 Sig Lib
- Bayer designation
- σ Lib
- Visual magnitude
- 3.25
- Constellation
- Scales
- Name approved by the IAU
- 2017-09-05
The IAU catalogue's account
For Bayer (1603), this star is γ Scorpii with no proper name but in the register for the Scorpius-star chart, he lists "Virgilius brachium" among other (Greek and Arabic) designations for this star. Allen (1899, 368/9) that Vergil had not meant it as a star name but only as a marker for the "claws", so it was never meant as a proper name.
- Source language
- Graeco-Latin
- Reference
- Allen (1899), Bayer (1603)
Source: IAU Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN), Working Group on Star Names. The account is the IAU's own text and is quoted in full: it is published under CC BY.
Corpus chains passing through this star. Deviation is the cross-track angular distance of the third star from the great-circle plane.
- Кассиопея → Весы → КильЦерковь — Жена Агнца → Нарушенный порядок → Основание спасения
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Other named stars of this constellation:
- Zubeneschamali2.61
- Zubenelgenubi2.75
- Zubenelhakrabi3.91