Labels:text | screenshot OCR: THE SOUTHERN CROSS PEOPLE IN THE southern hemisphere can look Centaurus toward the South celestial pole. There are Crux no bright stars close to this pole, but the constellation of Crux (the Southern Cross) is used as a pointer for locating it. Although it is the smallest of all the constellations, the Southern Cross is easy to spot - even against the bright background of the southern Milky Way. Milky Celestial equator The Earth I Way Eridanus Canis Major South celestial pole STARS OF THE SOUTH This star map is a projection of the inner portion of the southern FACT FILE celestial sphere onto a flat surface.
