Part of a series of images that use astronomical data to construct landscapes with starry skies. Every dot in the sky is a real star!
This one shows the constellations Centaurus and Lupus, as they can be seen from latitude 0°N. Crux (the Southern Cross) can be seen above the moon between Centaurus's legs.
The image includes stars of magnitude 10 or brighter, and therefore contains many stars that are not visible to the naked eye and which can only usually be seen through binoculars or a telescope. The
Etsy Page
includes some closeups.