Brachium

Libra · Lib · σ Lib · HR 5603 · HIP 73714

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) …

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Astronomy

Official IAU information

Designation

HR 5603

HIP

73714

Bayer ID

σ Lib

IAU adoption

2017/09/05

Name origin

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.

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