Corona Australis

Under the dark Namibian sky, the photographer set his camera to a six-hour exposure in order to capture the CrA Molecular Complex, a large, dark and irregular area in the northern part of Corona Australis.

Telescopium.—This modern constellation lies south of Corona Australis, and north of Pavo.

The little constellation Corona Australis, the Southern Crown, lies south and west of Sagittarius, east of Scorpio, and west of Telescopium.

Aratus refers to the stars in Corona Australis as— “Other few Before the Archer under his forefeet Led round in circle roll without a name.”

Corona Australis, also known as Corona meridionalis, or the Southern Crown, is a constellation of the Southern hemisphere, mentioned by Eudoxus and Aratus.