The Brazilian passport is the official document for foreign travel issued by the federal government, through the Federal Police.
The cover of the second biometric type of Brazilian passport (issued 2015–2019) represented the constellation of the southern cross.
Old (dark green) version of the Brazilian passport, in use since the late 1970s and still issued at minor Federal Police posts, with the same legal value.
Sample identification page of old-model ("green") Brazilian passport. This model's original design in the 1970s predated widespread computer technology, so data are either typewritten or stamped, there is no machine-readable code, and an ordinary photograph is glued to the page. A plain adhesive plastic sheet protects the page.
Even older model, issued until the 1970s.
Crux is a constellation of the southern sky that is centred on four bright stars in a cross-shaped asterism commonly known as the Southern Cross. It lies on the southern end of the Milky Way's visible band. The name Crux is Latin for cross. Even though it is the smallest of all 88 modern constellations, Crux is among the most easily distinguished as its four main stars each have an apparent visual magnitude brighter than +2.8. It has attained a high level of cultural significance in many Southern Hemisphere states and nations.
Southern Cross from New Zealand
Deep exposure of Crux, Coalsack Nebula, and IC 2944
The constellation Crux as it can be seen by the naked eye
Crux with clouds, from Cape Town
