Telescopium, Indus, and Pavo - Downloadable article Galaxies
galore populate this trio of southern constellations. March 3,
2009 |This downloadable article is from an Astronomy magazine
45-article series called "Celestial Portraits." The collection
highlights all 88 constellations in the sky and explains how to
observe each constellation's deep-sky targets. The articles
feature star charts, stunning pictures, and constellation
mythology. We've put together 11 digital packages. Each one
contains four Celestial Portraits articles for you to purchase
and download.| "Telescopium, Indus, and Pavo" is one of four
articles included in Celestial Portraits Package 4. As the
cooler air of autumn descends across the Northern Hemisphere,
the splendors of the summer sky sink in the west. Sagittarius
and the center of the Milky Way dip below the horizon by
midevening, yielding to a rather sparse region where star
patterns are difficult to trace and galaxies prevail. The
southernmost of the constellations east of the Milky