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The Crux, known as the Southern Cross, is the smallest constellation in heaven with a span of 8 degrees at most lying just south of Centaurus.
I captured this image at Singapore right on the equator.
The constellation is very tiny but eye-catching because it consists of diamond-shaped four bright stars of, two 1st magnitude ones of Acrux and Becrux, a 2nd magnitude one of Gacrux, and another 3rd magnitude one without name.
The Crux can be said as an important constellation to know the direction at the southern hemisphere; the southern celestial pole can be given an indication by expanding about 4.5 times from Gacrux to Acrux.
The constellation is bathed in the southward Milky Way and includes some famous objects like the Coal suck, a huge dark nebula in the Milky Way.
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