Crux
- Abbreviation:
- Cru
- Genitive:
- Crucis
- Translation:
- The Southern Cross
- Right Ascention:
- 12h 0m
- Declination:
- -60°
The smallest constellation, is too far south to be seen from northern latitudes. Originally a part of the constellation Centaurus, the Centaur, it was decided in the 16th century that it deserved to be acknowledged as a separate part of the sky.