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.
Credit:
ESO/Yuri Beletsky
About the Image
| Id: | yb_southerncross_cc |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 3 December 2009, 23:20 |
| Size: | 3876 x 2562 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Crux Constellation |
| Type: | • Solar System : Star • Solar System : Sky Phenomenon : Night Sky : Constellation • X - Stars |
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 12h 22m 30.66s |
| Position (Dec): | -62° 20' 6.83" |
| Field of view: | 1466.51 x 969.27 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 10.8° left of vertical |
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