The New International Encyclopædia/Southern Cross

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2797412The New International Encyclopædia — Southern Cross

SOUTHERN CROSS. A famous constellation near the South Pole. Of its four principal stars, one, the southernmost, is of the first magnitude; two, the eastern and northern, of the second; and one, the western, of the third. The stars are not arranged very accurately in a cruciform position; and, on the whole, it must be said the constellation is much overrated.