Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Crux (Cru)  ·  Contains:  IC 2944  ·  IC 2948  ·  Mimosa (βCru)  ·  NGC 4372  ·  The constellation Crux (Cru)  ·  The constellation Musca (Mus)  ·  The star Becrux  ·  The star Gacrux (γCru)  ·  The star α1Cru  ·  The star α2Cru  ·  The star αMus  ·  The star βMus  ·  The star δCru  ·  The star εCru  ·  The star λCen  ·  The star λMus  ·  lambda Cen nebula
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Crux & Musca wide field, Rick Stevenson
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Crux & Musca wide field

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Crux & Musca wide field, Rick Stevenson
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Crux & Musca wide field

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Another wide field DSLR image from the Queensland Astrofest (Australia.)

Crux, the Southern Cross, is at top right. To the left of Crux is the dark nebula known as the Coal Sack. Between the two is the Jewel Box cluster.

The pink emission nebula at bottom right is IC2944, the Running Chicken Nebula. The open cluster to its right is NGC 3766.

The constellation at bottom left is Musca which contains the Dark Doodad, the narrow dark nebula next to the globular cluster NGC 4372.

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Crux & Musca wide field, Rick Stevenson