Crux

star chart

Crux star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg).

One of the 88 IAU constellations.

Etymology and History

The Greek constellation ...

Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation

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  Crux, The Cross, carefully drawn across the hind legs of The Centaur in Bayer (1603).

Crux, The Cross, carefully drawn across the hind legs of The Centaur in Bayer (1603).

References

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