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Southern Cross

This bright asterism is composed of the four brightest stars in the constellation Crux Australis – the smallest of the 88 constellations. In this image, the asterism is pointing south towards the right, to the southern celestial pole.

Alpha Crucis (Acrux) is the brightest star on the right, Beta Crucis (Mimosa) is towards the bottom middle, Gamma Crucis (Gacrux) is the yellow star on the left, while Delta Crucis (Imai) is the faintest star of the four, towards top middle.

This HaRGB image is the result of 45m of RGB and 5m of Ha remote data capture from Chile, on an evening in May 2026. A ZWO ASI2600MM Pro camera was used, through a Samyang 135 mm lens stopped down to F3.5

Date: 13/05/2026

Southern Cross

This bright asterism is composed of the four brightest stars in the constellation Crux Australis – the smallest of the 88 constellations. In this image, the asterism is pointing south towards the right, to the southern celestial pole.

Alpha Crucis (Acrux) is the brightest star on the right, Beta Crucis (Mimosa) is towards the bottom middle, Gamma Crucis (Gacrux) is the yellow star on the left, while Delta Crucis (Imai) is the faintest star of the four, towards top middle.

This HaRGB image is the result of 45m of RGB and 5m of Ha remote data capture from Chile, on an evening in May 2026. A ZWO ASI2600MM Pro camera was used, through a Samyang 135 mm lens stopped down to F3.5

Date: 13/05/2026