Waving the flag
May 15, 2022
2 minutes
by Bob Brockie
The Matariki stars get all the headlines these days, but they are not the only iconic stars in our skies. At the end of the Milky Way shine four bright stars that feature on our national flag – the Southern Cross.
The Southern Cross was known to ancient Greeks and Romans as Crux, but as the Earth gradually tipped over (known
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