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The Constellation Crux, the Southern Cross; Click on image for full size (130K JPEG); ... The brightest star in Crux is called Acrux. Acrux is really two stars going around (orbitting!) each other, but they are so far away that we see them as one star.
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www.windows.ucar.edu/the_universe/crux.html
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Southern Cross stars are so bright, they can be seen despite the glare of street lights. The long exposure photograph is so sensitive, the coal sack has begun to fill in with stars. The digital photograph only reveals bright stars and is more like what you see from a city.
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nzphoto.tripod.com/scenery/asoutherncross.htm
nzphoto.tripod.com/scenery/asoutherncross.htm
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Crux - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Crux is the smallest of the 88 modern constellations, but is one of the most distinctive. Its name is Latin for cross, and it is dominated by a cross-shaped asterism that is commonly known as the So...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crux
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The bottom star of the cross is the brightest and is known as Alpha Crucis or Acrux. Delta Crucis makes up one end of the crossbar. Gamma Crucis is at the top of the cross, and Beta Crucis (Mimosa) is the second brightest star in the constellation and ... Stars and features of the cross ... Navigating by the Southern Cross...
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www.teara.govt.nz/EarthSeaAndSky/Astronomy/SouthernCros...
www.teara.govt.nz/EarthSeaAndSky/Astronomy/SouthernCross/3/ENZ-Resources/Standard/1/mi
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The Southern Cross contains four bright stars so situated that they depict the extremities of a Latin cross. Thousands of years ago these four stars were an object of reverence in the Near East. In the Biblical days they were just visible at the horizon.
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www.aussie-info.com/identity/scross.php
www.aussie-info.com/identity/scross.php
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The Southern Cross has its fifth star roughly midway between two of its main four stars. ... The two brightest stars in the constellation Centaurus, are popularly known as the Pointers, as they point to the Southern Cross. Alpha Centauri is the brightest, at -0.3 magnitude, but it has two ... The Stars of the Southern Cross...
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www.diggerhistory.info/pages-flags/southern_cross.htm
www.diggerhistory.info/pages-flags/southern_cross.htm
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The Southern Cross can be used for this purpose. The northern most and southern most stars in this 4 star constellation points toward the South Pole.
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www.gsfc.nasa.gov/scienceques2001/20020322.htm
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Southern Cross Animal Stars is a training and behaviour consultancy service based in Melbourne, here to help you and your pet. We understand that your pet is an important part of your family, but your pet might be finding it hard to fit in.
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www.southerncrossanimalstars.com.au/
www.southerncrossanimalstars.com.au/
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Named Stars ... The Southern Cross is only visible form sites farther south than 27 degrees north latitude. At the time of Christ, however, it was visible from the latitude of Jerusalem (almost 32 degrees N). Crux points almost due north-south.
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www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/constellations...
www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/constellations/Crux.html
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