Zubeneschamali/Origin

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Origin
Beta Librae   (β Lib, β Librae) is the  Bayer designation   for a  star   in the  zodiac   constellation   of  Libra <span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:white;mso-themecolor:background1;background:white">. It has the traditional name Zubeneschamali/ ˌzuːbənˌɛʃəˈmeɪli/ and the  <span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;">Latin <span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:white;mso-themecolor:background1;background:white">  <span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:white;mso-themecolor:background1;background:white">name  Lanx Borealis,<sup id="cite_ref-lahire1727_9-0" style="unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[9 ]  meaning "the northern scale [of the Balance]". The name Zubeneschamali is derived from the  <span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;">Arabic <span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white;mso-themecolor:background1; background:white">  <span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white;mso-themecolor:background1; background:white">الزبن الشمالية ( al-zuban al-šamāliyya) meaning "The Northern Claw".<sup id="cite_ref-Auk_10-0" style="unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[10 ]  The  <span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;">apparent visual magnitude <span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:white;mso-themecolor:background1;background:white">  <span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:white;mso-themecolor:background1;background:white">of this star is 2.6, <sup id="cite_ref-scfs_2-2" style="unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[2 ]  making it the brightest member of Libra. From  <span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;">parallax <span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:white;mso-themecolor:background1;background:white">  <span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:white;mso-themecolor:background1;background:white">measurements, its distance can be estimated as 185  <span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;">light-years <span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white;mso-themecolor:background1; background:white">  <span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white;mso-themecolor:background1; background:white">(57  <span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;">parsecs <span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:white;mso-themecolor:background1;background:white">) from  <span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;">Earth <span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white;mso-themecolor:background1; background:white">.<sup id="cite_ref-aaa474_2_653_1-5" style="unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[1 ]