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Libra

Libra is the zodiac constellation that is situated between the constellations of Scorpio and Virgo. It contains 83 stars that can be seen with necked eye. The constellation of Libra is one of the names of famous 12 zodiacs. Only 5 stars are brighter than stars of 4th star magnitude. The sun enters the constellation of Libra in October 31.

First the stars of constellation entered the constellation of Scorpio. The stars of this constellation were considered to be constellation not long time ago and were found later than other zodiac constellations. However this constellation is mentioned in works of some astronomers. In the 1st century BC Virgil proposes to create the new constellation taking the part of Scorpions that was dedicated to the Emperor August.

When this constellation was just forming, it first got the name claws and were thought to be the claws of Scorpio. But later astronomers also started to use another name for this constellation that was Libra that is translated from Latin as "scales". By in the 1st century BC this constellation got the final name Libra.

This is the only zodiac sign that represents inanimate object. Investigators suppose that it is connected with the fact that this sign formed later than other constellations of zodiac circle. In opinion of some scientists Libra represented the altar, later it was thought to represent altar and lamp but then as scales in claws of Scorpio or as claws of Scorpio in the scales. Later the claws released scales and became shorter. Till nowadays the stars are called the Southern and the Northern claws.

When we look into the sky, we see thousands of little shinning points in the sky.? They could be seen only at night. These shinning little points are stars that are bigger than our planet but they are so far that they seem to be only little points.

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If you ask someone what constellation is, he/she will probably answer you that it is the group of stars located in certain form after which the constellation got its name. And this person will be completely right in the 19th century.

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Today vocabulary defines constellation as the areas that divide the sky to make the orientation in the night sky easier. In ancient times constellations were the characteristic figures made by the bright stars.

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In 1922 the General Assembly of the International Association of Astronomers made the final list of 88 constellations into which the sky was divided. And in eight years the exact and final limits between them were made. During five years scientists corrected some limits. But in 1935 limits were adapted finally and couldn't be changed any more.