southern cross in English

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the smallest constellation (the Crux or Cross), but the most familiar one to observers in the southern hemisphere. It contains the bright star Acrux, the “Jewel Box” star cluster, and most of the Coalsack nebula.
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1. Acrux is the base of the constellation Crux, or the Southern Cross

2. The Southern Cross asterism is among the best-known Asterisms in the southern hemisphere

3. The star Acrux – aka Alpha Crucis – is the brightest star in the constellation of the Southern Cross

4. Farther south, a bright constellation known as the Southern Cross helped them to locate the South Pole.

5. The alpha Crucids, in the constellation of the Southern Cross (Crux) are active from the 6th January – 28th January, peaking on the 19th

6. The alpha Crucids, in the constellation of the Southern Cross (Crux), are active from the 6th January – 28th January, peaking on the 19th

7. Bullfinch is situated some 35km north of Southern Cross and serviced by a sealed road, Western Power and water from the Goldfields Scheme

8. Fixed star Acrux, Alpha Crucis, is a 0.8 magnitude multiple star system in the Southern Cross, Crux Constellation.The name Acrux is an “Americanism” for the full Bayer designation Alpha Crucis.Acrux is represented in the flags of Australia, New Zealand, Samoa, and Papua New Guinea as one of five stars which comprise the Southern Cross.

9. The meteors radiate from a point near the constellation the Southern Cross and the previously unknown shower has been given the name gamma Crucids (GCR, IAU#1047)

10. Noun Latin genitive Carinae (kəˈriːniː, -ˈraɪ-) a large conspicuous constellation in the S hemisphere close to the Southern Cross that contains Canopus, the second brightest star in the sky

11. N, Latin genitive Carinae (kəˈriːniː; -ˈraɪ-) (Astronomy) a large conspicuous constellation in the S hemisphere close to the Southern Cross that contains Canopus, the second brightest star in the sky

12. The latter three, however, had different ranks: the Order of the Southern Cross with four, the Order of the Rose with six, and the Order of Pedro I with three.

13. It is the brightest of the stars that form the Southern Cross, one of the best known asterisms in the southern sky. Acrux lies at a distance of 320 light years from Earth

14. [from 19th c.] 1887, Maturin Murray Ballou, Under the Southern Cross: The palm takes the place of the eucalyptus to a certain extent, and the woods teem with the Bunya-Bunya, — a very desirable and ornamental tree, which belongs to the pine family.

15. Annalize Lategan Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Finance, Risk & Analytics: Programme Manager at Southern Cross Health Society I am a qualified Chartered Accountant with more than 20 years work experience in areas such as external audit, various roles in Finance, Group Strategy, Regulatory Engagements and complex programme management roles.

16. The flag of Brazil (Portuguese: Bandeira do Brasil), known in Portuguese as Verde e amarela ("The Green and Yellow"), or less usually Auriverde ("The Gold-Green"), is a blue disc depicting a starry sky (which includes the Southern Cross) spanned by a curved band inscribed with the national motto "Ordem e Progresso" ("Order and Progress"), within a yellow rhombus, on a green field.