he following table includes all star systems known to be located within 10 light-years (ly), plus more bright stars within 10 to 20 ly, of 23 Librae.
|Star System||Spectra &|
|CD-26 10870||K3-4 V||6.0|
|L 624-20||M3.5 V||9.1|
|CD-26 10849||G8-K0 V||9.8|
|* plus bright stars *||. . .|
|BD-15 4042 A||K0-1 V-IV||16|
|BD-15 4042 B||K0-2 V-IV||19|
Alpha2 Librae A
Alpha2 Librae B
|BD-15 3924||G6 V||18|
|54 Hydrae 3||F0-2 V-III |
Try Professor Jim Kaler's Stars site for other information about 23 Librae at the University of Illinois' Department of Astronomy. John Whatmough developed illustrated web pages on this system in Extrasolar Visions.
Up-to-date technical summaries on these stars can be found at: Jean Schneiders's Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia; the Astronomiches Rechen-Institut at Heidelberg's ARICNS; and the NASA Star and Exoplanet Database. Additional information may be available at Roger Wilcox's Internet Stellar Database.
The ancient Greeks grouped the stars of Libra with Constellation Scorpius, the Scorpion. To the later Romans, however, Constellation Libra represent "the Scales of Justice" held by Julius Caesar. For later peoples, these scales became associated with Virgo as the Goddess of Justice, proving that political power is indeed fleeting. . For more information about the stars and objects in this constellation, go to Christine Kronberg's Libra. For an illustration, see David Haworth's Libra.
For more information about stars including spectral and luminosity class codes, go to ChView's webpage on The Stars of the Milky Way.
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