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The Pointer Stars and the Southern Cross.

The Pointer Stars (Alpha and Beta Centauri, at left) pointing to the stars of the Southern Cross, Crux, at right. The Coal Sack, obvious as a dark patch in the Milky Way to the naked eye, here looks less obvious as it breaks up into streaks and bands of dark dust to the left of the Cross.

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Title: The Pointer Stars and the Southern Cross.

Caption: The Pointer Stars (Alpha and Beta Centauri, at left) pointing to the stars of the Southern Cross, Crux, at right. The Coal Sack, obvious as a dark patch in the Milky Way to the naked eye, here looks less obvious as it breaks up into streaks and bands of dark dust to the left of the Cross.

Category: Space

Credit: Album / Alan Dyer/Stocktrek Images

Image size: 6268 × 4178 px | 74.9 MB

Print size: 53.1 × 35.4 cm | 2467.7 × 1644.9 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: ALBERTA • ALPHA CENTAURI • ASTROMETRY • ASTRONOMIA • ASTRONOMY • ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY • ASTROPHYSICS • AWE • BETA CENTAURI • CANADA • CANADIAN • CELESTIAL • CENTAUR • CENTAURS • CENTAURUS • COALSACK NEBULA • COLOR IMAGE • COLOUR IMAGE • CONSTELLATION • COSMOLOGY • CRUX • DARK NEBULA • DEEP SKY • DEEP SPACE • FOTOGRAFIA • FULL FRAME • GALACTIC • H II REGIONS • HEAVENLY • HORIZONTAL • INFINITY • INTERSTELLAR CLOUDS • JEWEL BOX • LUMINOUS • MAJESTIC • MOMENT IN TIME • MULTIPLE EXPOSURE • MYTHOLOGICAL ANIMAL: CENTAUR • NEBULA • NEBULOSITY • NGC 4609 • NGC 4649 • NGC 4755 • NIGHT • NO PEOPLE • OPEN CLUSTERS • OUTDOOR • OUTDOORS • OUTER SPACE • OUTERSPACE • OUTSIDE • PHOTO • PHOTOGRAPH • PHOTOGRAPHIE • PHOTOGRAPHY • PHOTOS • POINTERS • RESPECT • REVERENCE • SKY • SOUTHERN CROSS • SPACE (COSMOS) • SPACE • SPATIAL • STAR FORMATION • STARFIELD • STARFORMING • STARLIGHT • STARS • STELLAR • UNIVERSE • VENERATION • WITHOUT PEOPLE