Crux Australis

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Crux Australis is the Latin name for the Southern Cross, a prominent constellation in the southern sky used historically for navigation and featured on several national flags.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Crux Australis canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf asterism
constellation
containsDeepSkyObject Coalsack Nebula (on its border)
containsStar Alpha Crucis
surface form: Acrux

Delta Crucis
Epsilon Crucis
Gamma Crucis
surface form: Gacrux

Mimosa
formsPartOf Milky Way region
hasApproximateDeclination −60 degrees
hasApproximateRightAscension 12h 30m
hasBayerDesignation Alpha Crucis
Beta Crucis
Delta Crucis
Epsilon Crucis
Gamma Crucis
hasCulturalSignificanceIn Australia
Brazil
Indigenous Australian cultures
New Zealand
Polynesian cultures
hasEnglishName Southern Cross
hasIAUAbbreviation Cru
hasLatinName Crux Australis self-link
isBrightestStar Alpha Crucis
surface form: Acrux
isFeaturedOn Australian national flag
surface form: flag of Australia

flag of Brazil
flag of Mercosur
flag of New Zealand
flag of Papua New Guinea
flag of Samoa
isNeighboringConstellation Carina
Centaurus
Musca
isNotVisibleFrom most of Northern Hemisphere
isOneOf smallest constellations by area
isPartiallyVisibleFrom tropical latitudes
isProminentIn southern sky
isUsedToIndicate direction of south celestial pole
isVisibleFrom Southern Hemisphere
locatedIn southern celestial hemisphere
symbolizes Southern Hemisphere identity
guidance
navigation
usedFor celestial navigation
usedHistoricallyBy European explorers
Polynesian navigators
navigators

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Southern Cross hasName Crux Australis
Crux Australis hasLatinName Crux Australis self-link