TRIANGULUM AUSTRALE AND CENTRAL CIRCINUS

Triangulum Australe, the Southern Triangle, lies within the flowing southern Milky Way. Atria, Alpha TrA, is the orange-colored star toward the upper left. Beta TrA, toward upper right, and Gamma, toward lower right, complete the three-sided figure. Alpha Circini is at extreme lower right. X TrA is an irregular variable carbon star. Note the complex fingers of interstellar dust clouds that run through the Milky Way at the right-hand edge of the picture.

Image courtesy of Chris Picking, Starry Night Photography.