The Constellations - Libra

This is the thirtieth episode in our series about the constellations. Today we take a closer look at Libra, the scales or balance, visible in the summer sky. We also examine the faint star HD 140283, the oldest star we’ve discovered in the universe. Follow the Delta College Planetarium on our website: Or on our facebook at: Planetarium visuals were created using Digistar 6 by Evans & Sutherland. Video Credits Hubble eXtreme Deep Field NASA; ESA; G. Illingworth, D. Magee, and P. Oesch, University of California, Santa Cruz; R. Bouwens, Leiden University; and the HUDF09 Team; Animation Brian Kennedy Big Bang Animation--5k Resolution NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab Public Domain Sun sets over La Silla Credit: ESO/B. Tafreshi Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License Superstar Eta Carinae NASA’s Godd