Zubeneschamali

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"Graffias," meaning "claws," originally referred to the "real" claws that are now in Libra, Zubenelgenubi and Zubeneschamali.

" At the time, Scorpius' claws were pictured as extending to Zubenelgenubi, "the southern claw" and Zubeneschamali, "the northern claw" (Alpha and Beta Librae).

Beta Librae is called Zubeneschamali, "The Northern Claw". This white star has been described by some to be green in colour; Burnham points out that truly green stars are close companions to red stars (such as the companion to Antares), ...

The two brightest stars, Zubeneschamali and Zubenelgenubi, mean "northern claw" and "southern claw", which indicate they were once the claws of the scorpion. Libra became a separate constellation with the Romans.

The star can be found northwest of Zeta Ophiuchi, south of Yed Posterior (Epsilon Ophiuchi) and Yed Prior (Delta Ophiuchi), north of Graffias or Acrab (Beta1,2 Scorpii), and east of Zubeneschamali (Beta Librae).

brightest star, second-magnitude Alpha Librae, is called Zubenelgenubi from the Arabic meaning ‘the southern claw', a reminder of the Greek identification of this constellation with the claws of the scorpion. Beta Librae is Zubeneschamali, ...

See also: Constellation, Scorpius, Constellations, Sun, Zubenelgenubi