Crux () is the smallest of the 88 modern constellations, but is one of the most distinctive.

Crux is easily visible from the southern hemisphere at practically any time of year.

Contrary to popular belief, Crux is not opposite to Ursa Major.

Crux is exactly opposite to Cassiopeia on the celestial sphere, and therefore it cannot appear in the sky with the latter at the same time.

For locations south of 34 ° S, Crux is circumpolar and thus always visible in the night sky.

Crux is sometimes confused with the nearby False Cross by stargazers.

Crux is somewhat kite-shaped, and it has a fifth star ( ε Crucis ).

Not all of the nebula is in the borders of Crux ; some of it is technically in Musca and Centaurus.

Royer is also sometimes cited as initially distinguishing Crux.

The separation of Crux from Centaurus is generally attributed to the French astronomer Augustin Royer in 1679, but other historians attribute the invention of Crux to Petrus Plancius in 1613.

The most prominent feature of Crux is the distinctive asterism known as the Southern Cross.

In Australian Aboriginal astronomy, Crux and the Coalsack mark the head of the ' Emu in the Sky ' in several Aboriginal cultures, while Crux itself is said to be a possum sitting in a tree and a representation of the sky deity Mirrabooka.

In ancient Hindu astrology, the modern Crux is referred to as Trishanku.

In Quechua, the language of the Inca civilization, Crux is known as " Chakana ", which means literally " stair " ( chaka, bridge, link ; hanan, high, above ), but carries a deep symbolism within Quechua mysticism.

The rhea's body is marked by the four main stars of Crux, while its head is Gamma Centauri and its feet are the bright stars of Musca.

Cruzeiro Esporte Clube ( Crux / Southern Cross Sports Club ) is a first class football ( soccer ) club in Brazil.

Eugene Solano, his mission operator, is codenamed " Crux ".

Zeitgeist: the Movie claims that the Sun can be in the vicinity of Crux: this is seen through the northern hemisphere of the earth.

It is the second smallest of the modern constellations ( after Crux ), spanning only 72 square degrees.

Depiction of the Crux ( labelled ' Las Guardas ') by physician-astronomer Mestre João Faras in his letter of May 1, 1500, to King Manuel I of Portugal from the newly discovered land of Brazil

However, Crux was later published by Jakob Bartsch in 1624.

Beginning in the colonial age, Crux became used as a national symbol by several southern nations.

To retain the Web-Service functionality without technology and standards now considered obsolete, a new project called Globus Crux has been started, which expects to release an alpha version by the end of 2009.

After she is attacked by Crux, it's revealed she was experimented on to some measure by The Citadel, which allowed her to retain her power through unconventional means after being hit with technology designed to drain her powers.

Manuscript of Missa O Crux Lignum, a mass by Busnois.

Crux Ansata, subtitle ' An Indictment of the Roman Catholic Church ' by H. G. Wells is a ( 96 page ) wartime book first published in 1943 by Penguin Books, Hammonsworth ( Great Britain ): Penguin Special No. 129.

Like all the other Derlethian earth elementals, Cyäegha is adversely affected by the Ankh or Crux Ansata, the Vach-Viraj ritual, and the Tikkoun Elixir.

This is often referred to as Old School or " The Crux ", the names used by The Undertaker who popularized it.

In 2010 a selection of his poetry was translated into English by Francesco Lavato, executive director of the Poetry Center in Chicago, and published in the volume Creaturing presented in New York ( Columbia University, Bowery Poetry Club ), Minneapolis ( Open Book ), St Paul ( Macalester College ), Chicago ( University of Illinois, Istituto Italiano di Cultura ), Grosse Pointe / Detroit ( Ewald Library ), San Diego ( San Diego State University ) and Santa Crux ( Felik Kulpa Art Gallery ).

Among these is the 11th-12th century's reliquary Crux Veliterna gold filigree and enamel works by Gentile da Fabriano, Lorenzo di Bicci, Antoniazzo Romano, Giovan Battista Rositi, Francesco da Siena, Giuliano Finelli, Sebastiano Conca.

Their ruthless leader Crux Dogatie maintains a façade of partnership with the Earth Federation, so as to avoid suspicion by the Federal government.

Tracing the tape to Crux, who is planning to invade a secret city beneath Arcadia and recover a key which will give him immense power, Elisa and her companions aid the " Goblins " who live in the secret city by defeating Crux.

From the tape, she learns that she was a killer for Crux, that Trouvaille, aided by Scythe, tried ripping Elisa's soul from her body, but in the middle of the procedure, Cameron Nemo briefly appeared.

Royer is often named as the creator of the constellation Columba ( the Dove ) by splitting off part of the constellation Canis Major, and the constellation Crux ( the Southern Cross ) with stars from Centaurus but these were in fact already formed ( and depicted ) in 1589 and in 1592 by Petrus Plancius.

* Human Resource-" Dominator " ( Leko Remix ) out now on Crux Records and receiving support by Santiago & Bushido, Miles Dyson, DJ Fame, Charles Feelgood, and Reid Speed.

The Hardy Boys meet up with a professional diver by the name of Roland Perry, who is employed by the Crux Brothers diving company.

Although Sagitta is an ancient constellation, it has no star brighter than 3rd magnitude and has the third-smallest area of all constellations ( only Equuleus and Crux are smaller ).

Some Stars within the far southern constellations, such as Crux, Musca, and Hydrus, roughly south of the Tropic of Capricorn (- 23½ °), will also be circumpolar stars.

It was located between the constellations of Crux and Carina.

Crux was visible to the Ancient Greeks ; Ptolemy regarded it as part of the constellation Centaurus.

It included the bright stars of Crux, the southern part of Centaurus, Circinus, at least one star in Lupus, the bright stars of Musca, Beta and Delta Chamaeleonis, Volans, and Mensa.

Centaurus contains several very bright stars because of its position in the Milky Way ; in addition, its alpha and beta stars are used to find the constellation Crux.

Crux was an asterism when Bayer created it in Uranometria ( 1603 ) from stars in the hind legs of Centaurus.

Delta Crucis is a member of the Lower Centaurus Crux ( LCC ) component of the Scorpius-Centaurus Association, which is an OB association of massive stars that share a common origin and motion through space.