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Image: Southern Cross with clouds

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Description: 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.
Title: Southern Cross with clouds
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Author: Dicklyon
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