FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20th, 8:15 p.m., Southern Cross will host SCAS Honorary member and FIU research astronomer DR. JAMES R. WEBB with his informative program: CAREERS in ASTRONOMY. A great benefit to students, faculty and job-seeking scientists with a background in all levels of astronomy.
www.scas.org/
This special 6 day long "Stellar Star Party" includes vendors promoting their latest products for amateur astronomy, nationally recognized guest speakers, ... Established in 1984, the Annual WINTER STAR PARTY is held in the Florida Keys, and hosted by the Southern Cross Astronomical Society (SCAS), Inc., of Miami, Florida.
www.scas.org/wsp.html
This section introduces the constellations to residents of the Southern Hemisphere who have just discovered astronomy as a hobby. ... The most striking feature of the southern skies is not the Southern Cross! This comes as a surprise to visitors from Northern climes -- such as myself recently -- but the Southern Cross...
www.dibonsmith.com/downunder.htm
Scanning the skies for planetary sightings? Here's what you'll see overhead this month, along with the latest World Wide Web treats from the realm of Space.
www.net4tv.com/VOICE/Story.cfm?storyID=3683
Re: Question on Sirius and southern cross ... I am hoping someone can clear up two assertions this video made about astronomy. (as much as I love the stars I have never made the time to study them and consequently know ashamedly little about them. )
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Astronomy Picture of the Day ... Just below the Southern Cross on the far left is the dark Coal Sack Nebula, and the bright nebula on the far right is the Carina Nebula. The Southern Cross is such a famous constellation that it is depicted on the national flag of Australia.
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080707.html
3 articles on What is the Southern Cross? ... Home > Sciences > Physical Science > Astronomy ... I observed the Southern Cross in Argentina, Chile, Cuba and Uruguay. It is not necessary to cross the equator to see the Southern Cross or Crux (Latin for Cross), it rises from anywher south of latitude 35 degrees north.
www.helium.com/tpc/2999
The Planets - What was our understanding of Halley's Comet, Venus and Southern Cross... ... How far south is the southern cross? rick_lindsey General Stargazing Forum 5 04-01-2009 09:21 PM ... the southern cross Jazza11 General Astronomy Forum 1 02-18-2009 06:06 AM...
www.astronomyforum.net/venus-forum/2634-what-our-unders... www.astronomyforum.net/venus-forum/2634-what-our-understanding-halleys-comet-venus-southern-cross.html
constellation (astronomy) ... astronomy, also called the Southern Cross ... The constellation has five bright stars, one badly placed from the viewpoint of symmetry so that the shape of the cross formed by the stars is somewhat irregular.
www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/144902/Crux
Lying in the Milky Way – the streak of white light that spans the night sky – the Southern Cross can be easily located from its proximity to two very bright stars called the Pointers. ... More stories about... Astronomy...
www.teara.govt.nz/EarthSeaAndSky/Astronomy/SouthernCros... www.teara.govt.nz/EarthSeaAndSky/Astronomy/SouthernCross/2/en