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/Y. Beletsky
About the Image
Id: | yb_southerncross_cc |
Type: | Photographic |
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 |
Constellation: | Crux |
Category: | Stars |