Southern_Cross_with_clouds.jpg


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English: Southern Cross (constellation Crux) with clouds. Looking south-southeast from Cape Town, late evening in April.

To find Crux, draw a diagonal line from the bottom left corner of this photograph. From left to centre on this diagonal:

The 2 brightest stars are "the pointers" (alpha centauri and beta centauri). They "point" towards Crux, which is in the center of the picture.
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Author Dicklyon
Camera location 33° 54′ 37″ S, 18° 23′ 51.07″ E Heading=343° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap. View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap info

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Southern Cross (constellation Crux) with clouds

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13 April 2022

33°54'37.001"S, 18°23'51.068"E

heading : 343.0 degree

0.333324 second

6.81 millimetre

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