Nu

Its story

Nu Librae is an orange K-type giant in the Scales about 696 light-years away. Its warm ember shines within a constellation of relatively late naming: for centuries the Romans saw in these stars the outstretched claws of neighbouring Scorpius, before they were carved off as a separate balance pan. Each time Nu Librae crosses the meridian, it marks the invisible border between two stories told of the same patch of sky: that of the armoured southern hunter, and that of justice silently weighing the things of the world.