The Coalsack Nebula is a dark nebula visible to the naked eye as a conspicuous dark patch obscuring part of the Milky Way, lying east of the star Acrux in the constellation Crux, the Southern Cross, where its dense clouds of dust block the light of the stars behind it.
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Constellation In the Other Atlases
In Constellation
Also in Divinity Atlas: the constellation this subject lies in.
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Coalsack Nebula, infobox, Designations
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Coalsack Nebula, Wikipedia - lead section, constellation
The Coalsack Nebula (Southern Coalsack, or simply the Coalsack) is a dark nebula, which is visible to the naked eye as a dark patch obscuring part of the Milky Way east of Acrux (Alpha Crucis) in the constellation of Crux.
In Group: Dark Nebulae, Lead sentence
The Coalsack Nebula (Southern Coalsack, or simply the Coalsack) is a dark nebula, which is visible to the naked eye as a dark patch obscuring part of the Milky Way east of Acrux (Alpha Crucis) in the constellation of Crux.
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