Location of Jewel Box

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Gary
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Location of Jewel Box

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This is great way to learn about the location of the Jewel Box in relation to the Crux constellation:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ey6Jhl3Irc

Big bright orange star to the right of the screen at the beginning of the video is the top of Crux.

Please take note this is Hubble telescope imagery. Feel free to watch it in glorious 720p with sound on. :)
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Nice video, Gary. One of my favourite objects but I called it "The Chrstmas Tree" for obvious reasons! But this is the first time i was aware of the relative orientation between Crux and the Jewel Box. [smilie=crying2.gif]
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