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- Libra (constellation), a star constellation in the sky
- Libra (weight), an ancient Roman unit of weight
- Libra (Academic Search), a public search engine for academic papers and literature
- Libra (software), a media cataloguing software
Entertainment [link]
- Libra (Toni Braxton album), 2005
- Libra (Julio Iglesias album), 1985
- Libra (novel), a 1988 novel by Don DeLillo
- Libra (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics character
- Libra (DC Comics), a DC Comics character
- Libra Dohko, a manga Saint Seiya character
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- Libra (astrology), an astrological sign based on the star constellation
- Libra (Chinese astronomy)
- Libra (skipper), a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae
- Libra oil field, a giant oil field off the coast of Brasil
- LIBRA, a former Croatian liberal democratic political party that is now part of the Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats
- Libra (feminine hygiene) or Libresse, a brand of feminine hygiene products produced by Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget
See also [link]
- Libras, acronym of Língua Brasileira de Sinais
- Libre (disambiguation)
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Libra (Gary Bartz album)
Libra is the debut album by saxophonist Gary Bartz' Quintet recorded in 1967 and released on the Milestone label.
Reception
Michael G. Nastos of Allmusic said "Featured are excellent compositions and playing in mainstream mode... This is the more lyrical side of Bartz".
Track listing
All compositions by Gary Bartz except as indicated
Personnel
References
Libra (constellation)
Libra /ˈliːbrə/ is a constellation of the zodiac. Its name is Latin for weighing scales, and its symbol is 
(Unicode ♎). It is fairly faint, with no first magnitude stars, and lies between Virgo to the west and Scorpius to the east.
Notable features
Stars
The brightest stars in Libra form a quadrangle that distinguishes it for the unaided observer. Traditionally, Alpha and Beta Librae are considered to represent the scales' balance beam, while Gamma and Sigma are the weighing pans.
Alpha Librae, called Zubenelgenubi, is a binary star divisible in binoculars, 77 light-years from Earth. The primary is a blue-white star of magnitude 2.7 and the secondary is a white star of magnitude 5.2. Its traditional name means "the southern claw". Zubeneschamali (Beta Librae) is the corresponding "northern claw" to Zubenelgenubi. The brightest star in Libra, it is a green-tinged star of magnitude 2.6, 160 light-years from Earth. Gamma Librae is called Zubenelakrab, which means "the scorpion's claw", completing the suite of names referring to Libra's archaic status. It is an orange giant of magnitude 3.9, 152 light-years from Earth.
