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> The southern cross and the false cross

The southern cross and the false cross

author: C.Picking/Novapix

reference: a-cst26-00008

Image Size 300 DPI: 20 * 10 cm

The Southern Cross constellation (left) is sometimes confused with to other nearby asterisms which also resemble a cross, these are the 'Diamond' cross and the 'False' cross (right).

Keywords for this photo:

2006 - ASTERISM - ASTRONOMY - COAL SACK - CONSTELLATION - CRUX - DARK NEBULA - ETA CARINAE - FALSE CROSS - MUSCA - NEBULA - NGC 3372 - SOUTHERN CROSS - SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE - STAR -