In early 2007, we must have taken a trip to Florida and while there I probably visited the Chiefland Astronomy Village or some other dark sky site.  The southern Milky Way from Puppis and Pyxis all the way to Centaurus was on display throughout the night.  This view is centered on the main triangle of the constellation Puppis, which guides us to the open clusters NGC 2451 and NGC 2477.  Less consipicuous but also interesting is the sprawling NGC 2546 to their east, and concentrated NGC 2439 to the north.  Unannotated image, Back to Constellations, Back to Starvergnügen