Introduction of the Southern Cross

One of the southern constellations, the smallest of the 88 constellations in the whole day, is located in the Milky Way between Centauri and mosca. The main bright stars in the constellation form a cross, which is drawn downward from a vertical position of the cross until a point about four times the length of this vertical position is the south celestial pole. You can see the whole constellation south of the Tropic of Cancer. The Southern Cross of the New Zealand flag omits the ε star. The Southern Cross is also found on the flags of Australia, Papua New Guinea and Samoa.