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	Crux - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Crux, being Latin for cross, commonly known as the Southern Cross (in contrast to the Northern Cross), is the smallest of the 88 modern constellations, but also one of the most famous.
		The invention of Crux as a separate constellation is generally attributed to the French astronomer Augustin Royer in 1679.
		The five brightest stars of Crux (α, β, γ, δ and ε Crucis) appear on the flags of Australia, Brazil, New Zealand (epsilon omitted), Papua New Guinea and Samoa, and the Australian States and Territories of Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory, the Northern Territory as well as the flag of Magallanes Region of Chile.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Crux (606 words)

	The Constellations - Enchanted Learning Software
		Cepheus is a house-shaped constellation in the Northern Hemisphere.
		Cetus is a constellation that straddles the celestial equator.
		[Abbreviation: Sco] Scorpius (the scorpion) is a constellation of the zodiac.
	enchantedlearning.com /subjects/astronomy/stars/constellations.shtml (2295 words)

	Constellation Info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The constellation portrays a man or boy spilling water from an urn, although it is difficult to see any figure in the straggling assortment of mostly faint stars visible in the southern sky in the autumn.
		Crux is a modern constellation, and is the smallest constellation in the sky.
		This constellation is supposed to be the tiny scorpion that killed Orion with its sting and was placed in the sky to memorialize the event.
	affy50.tripod.com /Constels.html (6858 words)

	AllRefer.com - Crux, Constellation (Constellations) - Encyclopedia
		The long arm of the cross, terminating in the brightest member, Acrux (Alpha Crucis), points almost directly at the south celestial pole.
		Also in Crux is the Coalsack, a famous dark nebula.
		Crux reaches its highest point in the evening sky in May; its location in the far southern sky makes it visible most of the year to southern observers but not at all to observers north of about 25°N lat.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/C/Crux.html (203 words)

	Sea and Sky: May Constellations
		Crux is one of the most familiar constellations in the southern hemisphere, and is also the smallest constellation in the sky.
		Her festival was in the second week of April, the same time that the constellation appears in the spring skies.
		Virgo is one of the 13 constellations of the Zodiac.
	www.seasky.org /pictures/sky7b05.html (855 words)

	* Crux - (Astronomy): Definition
		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 first appears in its modern form on the celestial globes by the Dutch cartographers Petrus Plancius and Jodocus Hondius in 1598 and 1600 respectively...
		Circinus Columba Coma Berenices Corona Australis Corona Borealis Corvus Crater Crux Cygnus Delphinus Dorado Draco Equuleus Eridanus Fornax Gemini Grus Hercules...
	en.mimi.hu /astronomy/crux.html (623 words)

	Crux, an May Constellation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Crux, the Southern Cross, is the smallest constellation in the sky, but one of the most celebrated.
		The early Portuguese navigators saw it as a symbol of their faith, and the mystery of the unknown lent it an additional charm in the minds of those from whom the southern skies were hidden.
		Crux lies in a dense and brilliant part of the Milky Way, which makes the famous dark nebula known as the Coalsack striking in silhouette against the star background.
	www.faster.co.nz /~rasnz/Stars/Crux.htm (505 words)

	Crux
		Crux, the Southern Cross, is the most familiar constellation in the southern hemisphere.
		This tiny constellation (the smallest in the entire sky) was once part of Centaurus, but the sight of such a brilliant cross in the sky was so compelling that it became a constellation of its own in the sixteenth century.
		Apart from the four bright stars that form the cross, the constellation's stars are generally fourth-magnitude.
	www.dibonsmith.com /cru_con.htm (904 words)

	Crux - Iridis Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Crux, the cross, commonly known as the Southern Cross (in contrast to the Northern Cross), is the smallest of the 88 modern constellations, but also one of the most famous.
		With the lack of a significant pole star in the southern sky (σ Octantis is closest to the pole, but is so faint as to be useless for the purpose), two of the stars of Crux (Alpha and Gamma, Acrux and Gacrux respectively) are commonly used to mark south.
		The five brightest stars of Crux (α, β, γ, δ and ε Crucis) appear on the flags of Australia, Brazil, New Zealand (epsilon omitted), Papua New Guinea and Samoa, and the Australian States and Territories of Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory, and the Northern Territory, and also on the Brazilian coat of arms.
	www.iridis.com /Crux (414 words)

	Crux, mythology, history and characteristics. Observations by telescope.
		The constellation of Crux is crossed by the parallel -60º of South declination, belongs to the group of circumpolar the austral ones and it is only possible to be seen from latitudes corresponding to the island of Cuba, the north of Egypt and the peninsula of India.
		It is a spectacular constellation that appears in the national flags of Australia and Nueva Zelanda.
		It crosses the equator of the Milky Route for that reason he is rich in stellar cluster and shining stars in spite of being a most modest constellation with of 70º less square of size, being smallest of the firmament.
	www.mallorcaweb.net /masm/Cru1.htm (575 words)

	Knowledge-Astronomy-Constellation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		A constellation is a group of stars into which the sky is divided for the purposes of identifying and naming celestial objects.
		The largest constellation is Hydra, the smallest constellation is Crux.
		The constellations of Carina, Puppis, Pyxis, and Vela used to be one constellation called Argo Navis, which used to be the largest constellation of all time.
	geocities.com /ultrastupidneal/Knowledge-Astronomy-Constellation.html (58 words)

	Name A Star - Astral Dreams name a star website allows you to name a real star. Thats right name a star, it makes the ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The constellations are groupings or regions of stars that resemble certain figures in the sky.
		The larger southern constellations of the sky got their names from an astronomer named Johan Bayer, he followed the ancient naming convention, naming most of the constellations after the sea and it's creatures.
		This constellation is often thought to represent Cupid's Arrow or the arrow that killed the Cyclops.
	www.astraldreams.co.uk /constellations.php (2449 words)

	Crux (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		During ancient times the stars that made up this constellation were part of Centaurus.
		The first mention of the constellation was in 1592 by Emerie Mollineux.
		Crux is the smallest constellation in the night sky, and is not visible from latitudes north of 25 degrees (Key West, Florida).
	www.pa.msu.edu /people/horvatin/Astronomy_Facts/constellation_pages/crux.htm (64 words)

	Constellations2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The constellation of Antlia was created by Abbe Nicholas Louis de La Caille who mapped the stars of the southern hemisphere from the Cape of Good Hope in the years from 1751 to 1753.
		Musca is another one of the constellations invented by by Abbe Nicholas Louis de Lacaille who mapped the stars of the southern hemisphere from the Cape of Good Hope in the years from 1751 to 1753.
		Circinus is another one of the constellations invented by by Abbe Nicholas Louis de Lacaille who mapped the stars of the southern hemisphere from the Cape of Good Hope in the years from 1751 to 1753.
	www.lfc.edu /~bell/astro/sp1999/davidg (4374 words)

	Crux (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Crux is the smallest constellation of the whole sky, but it is also one of the most famous and characteristic.
		Acrux, the principal star of the constellation, is the fourteenth star in order of brightness: it is a double formed by two white-blue components, of magnitude 1,4 and 1,9.
		The cross was used by the sailors to individualize the South Pole and the astronomers considered it as a distinct constellation beginning from the end of the XVI century.
	www.mtsn.tn.it /astrofili/mat/costell/cru_e.html (171 words)

	Crux - The Southern Cross
		Its name is Crux and it is located very close to the constellation of Centaurus.
		Crux lies along the Milky Way and is surrounded by Centaurus, the Centaur, on three sides.
		Crux was used by explorers of the southern hemisphere to point south since, unlike the north celestial pole, the south celestial pole is not marked by any bright star.
	www.windows.ucar.edu /the_universe/crux.html (449 words)

	Crux and the Meridians in the Mountains (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Crux transits with Virgo, as shown in the star-charts reproduced here, and is therefore separated from the Square of Pegasus by roughly I 2 hours.
		As the constellation transits the meridian, with the observer facing south as is the usual case in northern latitudes, the two stars on the left, or east, cross the meridian upright.
		The same meaning readily applies to the use of the constellation Crux as meridian marker: it functions as a test or trial of direction or location, and serves to discard or eliminate that which is superfluous or unworthy, leaving only the purified, useful bearing.
	www.consciousevolution.com /Rennes/meridian1.htm (5151 words)

	Wikinfo \| Crux (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Another deep sky object within Crux is the open cluster NGC 4755.
		The five brightest stars of Crux (α, β, γ, δ and ε Crucis) appear on the flags of Australia, Brazil, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Samoa, except that the New Zealand flag omits Epsilon.
		Images, some of which are used under the doctrine of Fair use or used with permission, may not be available.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Crux (419 words)

	Crux (abbr. Cru, gen. Crucis)
		The Cross; a tiny but brilliant southern constellation invisible from most of the populated northern hemisphere.
		Surrounded on three sides by Centaurus, with Musca to the south, it is well seen only south of the Tropic of Cancer.
		Crux contains the most famous of dark nebulae, Coalsack, and several bright open clusters, including the Jewel Box, NGC 4349 (magnitude 7.4; diameter 16'; R.A. 12h 24.5m, Dec. -61° 54'), and NGC 4463 (magnitude 7.2; diameter 5'; R.A. 12h 30.0m, Dec. -64° 48').
	www.daviddarling.info /encyclopedia/C/Cru.html (145 words)

	* Acrux - (Astronomy): Definition
		Acrux (also known and alpha Crux) is a first magnitude star in the Southern Hemisphere constellation Crux (the Southern Cross).
		Acrux (also known and alpha Crux) is a first magnitude star in the Southern Hemisphere Crux (the).
		Acrux, or alpha Crucis is the brightest star of the small kite shaped constellation forming the Southern Cross, the constellation pointed at by alpha and beta Centauri...
	en.mimi.hu /astronomy/acrux.html (493 words)

	Chapter 9 (Realities & Counterfeits), Part IV (STAR GOSPEL vs. ASTROLOGY)
		In Libra the first minor constellation, Crux (or the Southern Cross, as it is seen only in the Southern Hemisphere), pictures the means by which the Christ (who covers or counterbalances our sins in Libra) would be “cut off” or killed.
		The Scorpio Constellation represents a scorpion with a curled up tail ready to strike the heel of a man, Ophiuchus (a minor constellation in Scorpio), who is about to crush the scorpion’s head with his other foot.
		The Sagittarius Constellation represents a centaur, a binary creature with the body of a horse and the torso and head of a man, holding a drawn bow and arrow.
	www.tedmontgomery.com /bblovrvw/C_9d.html (3497 words)

	Buy a star name at Buy-a-star.com
		This constellation was once part of a huge constellation known as Argo Navis, the ship Argo (that Jason and his Argonauts sailed in to search for the golden fleece of Aries).
		This constellation was drawn in the early-seventeenth century by Johann Bayer.
		Libra is one of the constellations of the zodiac associated with Themis, the Greek goddess of justice whose attribute was a pair of scales.
	www.buy-a-star.com /nightsky.html (6548 words)

	Image:Crux constellation map.png (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		This is a celestial map of the constellation Crux, the Southern Cross.
		The yellow dashed lines are constellation boundaries, the red dashed line is the ecliptic, and the shades of blue show Milky Way areas of different brightness.
		Rachael told all she knew, the change in her husband, the opening and Magsie's complacent attitude of possession.
	www.termsdefined.net /im/image:crux-constellation-map.png.html (323 words)

	Crux
		Crux was unknown to the ancients by its present title, its four main stars being noted by Ptolemy as part of the Centaur which now surrounds it on three sides.
		Partly within the constellation's boundaries, and at the point of the nearest approach to the Milky Way to the South Pole, is the pear-shaped 'Coal-sack', pr 'Soot-bag', 8degress in length and 5 degrees in breadth, containing only one star visible to the naked eye, which is now referred to as the 'Black Magellanic Cloud'.
		A Christian view of the constellation Crux The Witness of the Stars, E.W. Bullinger, 1893.
	www.winshop.com.au /annew/Crux.html (1906 words)

	Acrux -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		Acrux, or Alpha Crucis, is the brightest star in the constellation Crux, a small constellation nearly surrounded by the constellation Centaurus.
		Crux contains four stars that form the shape of a cross.
		This constellation is also called the Southern Cross because it is chiefly visible in...
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article?tocId=9309675 (436 words)

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