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.  Here we are looking at western Vela and southeastern Puppis, which is marked by the wide triangle formed by ζ Puppis, γ Velorum, and λ Velorum.  This triangle can be seen floating low over the southern horizon on late winter or early spring evenings.&nbps; The further south you are, the more you can see a series of very interesting open clusters lining the plane of the Milky Way.  Unannotated image, Back to Constellations, Back to Starvergnügen