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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Om bilden

ID:yb_southerncross_cc
Typ:Foto
Publiceringsdatum:3 december 2009 23:20
Storlek:3876 x 2562 px

Om objektet

Namn:Crux Constellation
Typ:Solar System : Star
Solar System : Sky Phenomenon : Night Sky : Constellation
Constellation:Crux
Kategori:Stars

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Koordinater

Position (RA):12 22 30.66
Position (Dec):-62° 20' 6.83"
Field of view:1466.51 x 969.27 arcminutes
Orientering:Nord är 10.8° vänster om lodrätt