Constellations
False Cross
In Vela and Carina
6 looks for False Cross
The constellation in a clear night sky over the hills: its lines draw themselves one on every beat, its real stars twinkle with the part of the song their colour answers, the Milky Way glows and a shooting star crosses on the big moments.
About False Cross
- What it is
- A star pattern: Four stars of Carina and Vela, often taken for the Southern Cross
- Family
- Famous star patterns
- Where
- The southern sky: seen best from south of the equator
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in March
- Centre
- Right ascension 8h 57m, declination −57° 16′
- The figure
- 4 stars joined by 2 lines
- Brightest star
- Avior, magnitude 1.86
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- Avior (ε Car)mag 1.86
- Alsephina (δ Vel)mag 1.96
- Aspidiske (ι Car)mag 2.25
- Markeb (κ Vel)mag 2.50
Every star's place, brightness and colour is the Yale Bright Star Catalogue's; the figure is the IAU's, through d3-celestial (credited on the licences page). Constellations template · Every constellation