Key facts
- Right ascension
- 12 50
- Declination
- −62° 30′
- Distance
- 180 pc
- Apparent magnitude v
- –
- Apparent dimensions v
- 7 ° × 5°
- Constellation
- Crux
- Radius
- 30–35 ly
- Absolute magnitude v
- –
- Notable features
- –
- Designations
- Caldwell 99
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Part of the Coalsack Nebula.jpg
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Coal Sack Nebula 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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