This is the Crux constellation
(better known as the Southern Cross). The globular
cluster, Omega Centauri is the fuzzy
"star" above the tree-canopy on the left.
This view was taken with the Olympus
OM-1 SLR camera with
The camera was guided piggybacked
on a German-equatorial mounted
Celestron Newtonian telescope at Batu
Layar Beach in Peninsula Malaysia.
24/2/1998
By Remus Chua
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