Image: South celestial pole

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Description: Diagram showing how tu use Southern Cross and Southern Pointers (brightest stars of Centaurus) to find the south celestial pole. Hadar and Achernar of Eridanus help to further pinpoint its location, as it is roughly halfway between them.
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