Southern view of the Milky Way from the bright galactic bulge in Sagittarius and Scorpius (left) to Centaurus and Crux (the Southern Cross) on the right. Bright Red-orange star Antares (the Scorpion's heart) is in the upper middle. Alpha and Beta Centauri, the two brightest stars of Centaurus are on the upper right, next to the Coalsack dark nebula and the Southern Cross at the upper right corner.