Crux

CRUX AND SOUTHERN CENTAURUS
Crux, the four-star Southern Cross, toward the upper right, lies southwest of Centaurus, and precedes the two bright stars of the Centaur across the southern sky.

Crux
Transit Date of principal star:
29 March
Crux, the Southern Cross, is the most familiar constellation in the southern hemisphere.

Crux - la cruz meridional
Los enlaces en color anaranjado lo llevan a páginas en Inglés aún no traducidas al Español.
Constelación Crux, la Cruz del Sur.
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Crux, or the Southern Cross, is a constellation in the southern hemisphere.

Crux
Abbreviation: Cru
Genitive: Crucis
Translation: The Southern Cross
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Crux
Abbreviation: Cru English name: Cross Coordinates see Stellar data
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Crux first appears in its modern form on the celestial globes by the Dutch cartographers Petrus Plancius and Jodocus Hondius in 1598 and 1600 respectively; Plancius had earlier shown a stylized southern cross in a completely different part of the sky, ...

Crux has the pointer stars Alpha and Beta Centauri leading to it.
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Named stars in Crux and Musca: (none in Musca) (Greek alphabet)
Mimosa (β Cru), Acrux (α Cru).
Constellations adjoining Crux: Centaurus, Musca.
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Crux (or Crux Australis) is the scientific name of the Southern Cross . This well-known, cross-shaped Southern Hemisphere constellation is on the Australian flag.

CRUX
Crux (or Crux Australis) is the scientific name of the Southern Cross constellation. This well-known, cross-shaped Southern Hemisphere constellation is on the Australian flag.

Constellation Crux, the Southern Cross, is not visible from much of the northern hemisphere and so there is little traditional Western mythology associated with its four large stars.

Best example is the Coal sack nebula in Crux. distance modulus Defined as m - M. A negative distance modulus means that the object is closer than 10 parsecs to us whilst a positive value means that it is further away than 10 parsecs.

Cruc International Astronomical Union abbreviations for Crux. See constellation. Crux (abbr Cru, Cruc) See constellation. CRT (abbr) Cathode-ray tube. Crv, Corv International Astronomical Union abbreviations for Corvus.

The Southern Cross, together with the two pointers Alpha and Beta Centauri will help to find South if you draw an imaginary line from Gamma Crux through to Alpha Crux, and follow this line through the sky. Of course, you have to know when to stop.

Among the constellations the Milky Way passes through are Carina, Crux (the Southern Cross), Sagittarius (where it is brightest), Scorpius, Aquila, Cygnus, Perseus, Cassiopeia, Auriga, and Gemini.

The constellations Cassiopeia and Crux (better known as the Southern Cross) are like flip sides of a coin. You'll never see them in the sky together.

Based on these observed proper motions and radial velocities, Alpha Centauri will continue into the future to slowly brighten, passing just north of the Southern Cross or Crux, ...

This constellation was found in the southern skies, just below the constellation of Crux, the southern cross. It first appeared as Apis in the star atlases of Johann Bayer in 1603.

This jewel box appears to be "falling" into the Coal Sack in the constellation Crux. Visible from southern latitudes and located east of the Southern Cross, it contains over 100 stars. It is also known as Caldwell 94, and the Kappa Crucis Cluster.

Relative to the celestial equator, it passes as far north as the constellation of Cassiopeia and as far south as the constellation of Crux, ...

This is the crux of the debate on quasar redshifts. First, is there compelling evidence of quasars occurring in the direction of nearby galaxies? And second, can such an excess be explained by something like gravitational microlensing?

The swastika is also known as the gammadion or crux gammatica. Both of these latter names derive from the Greek letter gamma; if you stick four capital gammas together at ninety-degree angles, you get a swastika.

The smallest is Crux (The Southern Cross) and the largest is Hydra (The Watersnake). The most common concept of a constellation is generally the pattern of stars (usually the brightest ones) that make up a familiar figure or pattern.

Coalsack Nebula (in part, overlap from Crux)
Norma (Normae) Octans (Octanis) Ophiuchus (Ophiuchi)
Ophiucus system (misspelling of Ophiuchus)
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The smallest constellation is the Crux. The patterns made up of the stars and other objects forming the constellations are supposed to look like objects, but most often they don't.

A prominent dark nebula in Crux, near the Southern Cross, readily visible to the naked eye, about 170 pc distant, located on the galactic plane. [H76]
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The most famous example in the southern hemisphere is the Coal Sack nebula near Î± Crux in the Southern Cross.

The crux of the battle lay in the small marsh that was situated between the two armies, and both forces anxiously anticipated the other's crossing of this obstacle, as it was sure to disorder the forces that did so.

Visible only from southern latitudes. It is the second brightest star in constellation Crux (the Southern Cross)
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If you are fortunate enough to view a dark sky outside of the glare of the city lights, you will see this milky band running through the constellations Cassiopeia, Perseus, Taurus, Monoceros, Vela, Crux, Norma, Sagittarius, Scutum, Aguila, Cygnus, ...

Learn where to find ARGO NAVIS, the Argo Ship, CARINA, the Keel, VELA, the Sails, PUPPIS, the Deck, MALUS, the Mast, PYXIS, the Compass, ANTLIA, the Pump, PICTOR, the Painter, CRUX AUSTRALIS, the Southern Cross, CENTAURUS, the Centaur, ...

A large mass could have come nearby, and you are feeling its downward gravitational attraction, or the elevator has begun to accelerate upward and the force you feel is that exerted by the elevator as it accelerates you at the same rate. The crux of ...

See also: Constellation, Star, Sky, Light, Taurus

Topic: Astronomy