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Anonymous at Tue, 21 May 2024 15:18:43 UTC No. 16186253
Can any astrofags explain why epsilon crucis is on the RIGHT of the crux constellation on the flag of Australia (And Samoa and Papua New Guinea) but on the LEFT on the flag of Brazil?!?!
Anonymous at Tue, 21 May 2024 15:41:23 UTC No. 16186277
>I would point out that the stars on the Brazilian flag are never visible as shown, because the flag portrays them as they would be seen by an imaginary observer an infinite distance above Rio standing outside the firmament in which the stars are considered to be placed. Thus Beta crucis appears to the right of the constellation and Delta crucis to the left, in mirror image of the way they actually appear in the sky (and, coincidentally, the way they appear on the Brazilian coat of arms.
https://www.fotw.info/flags/br_astr