Musca, the Southern Fly, flits to the south (here to the right)
of
Crux, the Southern Cross, which lies at the left edge of the picture,
the scene here seen rising.
Alpha Muscae is the brighter (upper) of the two stars at center.
The lower one is Beta, while (top to bottom) Gamma and Delta
lie a bit to the right. Lambda is a bit up and to the left.
Part of
Centaurus lies above Crux, part below, where the bright star
at bottom is Hadar, Beta Centauri.
Photo by Greg Dimijian.
