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What is the Southern Cross?
The Southern Cross (also called Crux) is one of the most beautiful of the constellations visible from the Southern Hemisphere. Its five stars form the shape of a cross. The long bar of the cross points toward the point in space above Earth's South Pole.
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Powerful telescopes like the schmidt telescope help astronomers to learn more about the stars
 
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