A kite in the Southern Sky

Just as if they had been dotted on top of the myriads of glowing suns in the Milky Way, this image depicts some of the brightest stars of the southern sky: on the right, in a rhomboidal shape reminding that of a kite, are the four stars of the constellation Crux, the Southern cross; in the lower left part, instead, shine the two most brilliant stars of the constellation Centaurus, the Centaur.

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O snímku

Id:yb_southerncross_cc
Typ:Fotografický
Datum zveřejnění:3. prosince 2009 23:20
Velikost:3876 x 2562 px

O objektu

Jméno:Crux Constellation
Typ:Solar System : Star
Solar System : Sky Phenomenon : Night Sky : Constellation
Constellation:Crux
Kategorie:Stars

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Souřadnice

Position (RA):12 22 30.66
Position (Dec):-62° 20' 6.83"
Field of view:1466.51 x 969.27 arcminutes
Orientace:Sever je 10.8° levá od svislé osy