You can still use the skills you've learned star hopping in the Northern Hemisphere to navigate the stars and constellations in the south.

When night falls, four bright stars above the southern horizon form a pattern resembling a cross. The Southern Cross, as the pattern is known, is made up of the main stars of the smallest constellation of all—Crux. It may be small, but it's still one of the most recognizable patterns in the southern sky and appears on the flags of both Australia and New Zealand.

The Southern Cross is a handy guide to the sky in the Southern Hemisphere. The long arm of the cross points to the south celestial pole, which has no convenient bright star marking it the way Polaris marks the north celestial pole.

The southern sky spins around the south celestial pole just the way the northern sky spins around the north celestial pole, but with one major difference. The southern sky turns clockwise, while the northern sky turns counterclockwise!