At great peril to life and limb I was able to get these pictures of the southern sky, including the Southern Cross (Crux). There was a bare lava border between the back of our condo and the golf course, which navigating in the dark gave me a few scrapes but could have easily broken a bone or two with some of the invisible holes. Crux and other constellations in this vicinity are not visible from anywhere else in the United States but Hawaii. You can also clearly see Omega Centauri up and to the left of Crux by about twice the size of Crux (just over the back of Centaurus in the annotated view). If only it got that high in my Texas skies! This shot also shows Venus (brighter) and Jupiter in the East.

Image Center:	View full size annotated image.
Right Ascension:	14h 40m 27.801s (220° 6m 57.021s)
Declination:	-39° 14m 20.707s
Orientation:	Up is 31.2 degrees East of North.
Image Size:	87.540° x 58.360°	Pixel Scale:	56.599"

Principal objects in field: Hadar (βCen), IC 2944, IC 4592, IC 4628, Mimosa (βCru), NGC 6383, Part of the constellation Corvus (Crv), Part of the constellation Hydra (Hya), Part of the constellation Scorpius (Sco), The constellation Centaurus (Cen), The constellation Circinus (Cir), The constellation Crux (Cru), The constellation Libra (Lib), The constellation Lupus (Lup), The constellation Musca (Mus), The constellation Norma (Nor), The star Agena, The star Antares (αSco), The star Becrux, The star Gacrux (γCru), The star Menkent (θCen), The star Shaula (λSco), The star α1Cen, The star α1Cru, The star α2Cen, The star α2Cru, lambda Cen nebula

All identified catalog objects: 11Sco, 11Ser, 12Lib, 12Sco, 13Sco, 16Sco, 18Lib, 18Sco, 1Cen, 1Lup, 1Sco, 22Sco, 24Oph, 25Ser, 26Oph, 27Sco, 2Cen, 2Lup, 2Sco, 36Lib, 36Oph, 36Oph, 36Ser, 37Lib, 3Cen, 3Sco, 3Sgr, 41Lib, 42Lib, 43Oph, 44Oph, 45Oph, 47Hya, 47Lib, 48Hya, 48Lib, 49Lib, 4Cen, 4Lib, 4Sco, 50Hya, 50Lib, 51Hya, 51Oph, 52Hya, 54Hya, 55Hya, 55Vir, 56Hya, 57Hya, 57Vir, 58Hya, 59Hya, 60Hya, 61Vir, 63Vir, 6Crv, 83Vir, 87Vir, 89Vir, α 1Cen, α 1Cru, α 1Lib, α 2Cen, α 2Cru, α 2Lib/Zubenelgenubi, α Cir, α Crv/Alchiba, α Lup, α Mus, α Sco/Antares, β 1Sco/Graffias, β 2Sco, β Cen/Agena / Hadar, β Cir, β Cru/Becrux / Mimosa, β Crv, β Hya, β Lib/Zubeneschamali, β Lup, β Mus, β TrA, γ 1Nor, γ 2Nor, γ Cen/Muhlifain, γ Cir, γ Cru/Gacrux, γ Hya, γ Lib, γ Lup, γ Mus, δ Cen, δ Cir, δ Cru, δ Lib, δ Lup, δ Mus, δ Nor, δ Sco/Dschubba, ε 1Ara, ε Cen, ε Cir, ε Cru, ε Lib, ε Lup, ε Mus, ε Nor, ε Sco, ε TrA, ζ 1Lib, ζ 1Mus, ζ 1Sco, ζ 2Mus, ζ 2Sco, ζ 3Lib, ζ 4Lib, ζ Cen, ζ Cru, ζ Lup, ζ Nor, η Cen, η Cir, η Cru, η Lib, η Lup, η Mus, η Nor, η Sco, θ 1Cru, θ 2Cru, θ Cen/Menkent, θ Cir, θ Lib, θ Lup, θ Mus, θ Nor, θ Oph, ι 1Lib, ι 1Nor, ι 2Nor, ι Cen, ι Cru, ι Lup, κ 1Lup, κ 2Lup, κ Cen, κ Cru, κ Lib, κ Nor, λ Cen, λ Cru, λ Lib, λ Lup, λ Mus, λ Nor, λ Sco/Shaula, λ Vir, μ 1Cru, μ 1Sco, μ 2Cru, μ 2Sco, μ Cen, μ Lib, μ Lup, μ Mus, μ Nor, μ Ser, ν 1Lup, ν 2Lup, ν Cen, ν Lib, ν Sco, ξ 1Cen, ξ 1Lib, ξ 1Lup, ξ 2Cen, ξ 2Lib, ξ 2Lup, ξ Hya, ξ Sco, ξ Sco, ο 1Cen, ο 2Cen, ο Hya, ο Lup, ο Oph, ο Sco, π Cen, π Hya, π Lup, π Lup, π Sco, ρ Cen, ρ Lup, ρ Oph, ρ Oph, ρ Sco, σ Cen, σ Lib, σ Lup, σ Sco/Al Niyat, τ 1Lup, τ 2Lup, τ Cen, τ Lib, τ Sco, υ 1Cen, υ 2Cen, υ Lib, υ Lup, υ Sco/Lesath, φ 1Lup, φ 2Lup, φ Cen, φ Oph, χ Cen, χ Lup, χ Oph, χ Sco, ψ 1Lup, ψ 2Lup, ψ Cen, ψ Hya, ψ Oph, ψ Sco, ω 1Sco, ω 2Sco, ω Lup, ω Oph