2018年5月12日 · The Southern Cross is the smallest and one of the eighty eight known constellations in the galaxy. Also known as The Crux, it is comprised of four or five major stars arranged in a cross like pattern and visible in the southern sky at night.

2023年4月28日 · The Southern Cross – also known as Crux – is an iconic constellation for people south of the equator. It’s visible every clear night, and its stars shine brightly enough to be picked out pretty...

Crux (/ k r ʌ k s /) is a constellation of the southern sky that is centred on four bright stars in a cross-shaped asterism commonly known as the Southern Cross. It lies on the southern end of the Milky Way's visible band. The name Crux is Latin for cross.

The Southern Cross is a bright, diamond-shaped asterism located in the far southern sky. Formed by the brightest stars of the constellation Crux, the asterism is commonly used to find the south celestial pole.

2020年7月14日 · The Southern Cross is a cross-shaped or kite-shaped asterism located in the constellation of Crux. The brightest star in Crux is also the brightest star in the Southern Cross asterism, namely, Acrux. The Southern Cross asterism is among the best-known asterisms in the southern hemisphere.

Crux is the smallest and most distinctive constellation in the southern sky. Recognizable for the Southern Cross, formed by its brightest stars, it is home to the dark Coalsack Nebula and the Jewel Box Cluster (NGC 4755).

2024年5月12日 · Crux the Southern Cross is one of the easiest constellations to spot in Southern Hemisphere skies. It consists of four relatively bright stars close to each other.

2017年4月24日 · However, there is a useful celestial marker known as Crux, or the Southern Cross. It is a constellation that roughly forms the shape of a Christian cross, and whose "vertical piece," so to speak, always points in the general direction …

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2022年11月3日 · Because of its orientation in the night sky, the Southern Cross has historically served as an essential navigational guide: two of its major stars form a line that points to the South Pole. The...