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Southern Cross


by Maggy Wassilieff

Māori likened it to an anchor or an aperture, and early European voyagers saw it as a cross: the Southern Cross constellation is a distinctive feature of the southern night sky. Usually depicted as four or five stars, it is in fact made up of thousands of stars.

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Main image: The Southern Cross and Pointers

The Southern Cross and Pointers


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