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Method three: The Magellanic Clouds

The third method is best for moonless and clear nights, as it uses two faint "clouds" in the Southern Sky. These are marked in astronomy books as the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds (the LMC and the SMC). These "clouds" are actually dwarf galaxies near the Milky Way. Make an equilateral triangle, the third point of which is the south celestial pole. Like before, the SMC, LMC, and the pole will all be points on an equilateral triangle on an imaginary circle. The pole should be placed clockwise from the SMC and anticlockwise from the LMC. Going in the wrong direction will land you in the constellation of Horologium instead.