Northern Coalsack

Northern Coalsack
Northern Coalsack,
one of the large dark spaces in the Milky Way near Deneb.

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  • Northern Coalsack — /nɔðən ˈkoʊlsæk/ (say nawdhuhn kohlsak) noun See Coalsack …  

  • Northern Coalsack — North′ern Coal′sack n. astron. a dark nebula in the Northern Cross …   From formal English to slang

  • Coalsack — /kohl sak /, n. Astron. a dark nebula in the southern constellation Crux, whose dust particles obscure light from Milky Way stars behind it. Also, Coal Sack. Also called Southern Coalsack. [1625 35; COAL + SACK1] * * * Dark nebula in the Crux… …   Universalium

  • Coalsack — /ˈkoʊlsæk/ (say kohlsak) noun one of two dark areas in space, the Southern Coalsack, a large dark space near the Southern Cross, and the Northern Coalsack, a dark space in the Milky Way in the northern constellation Cygnus …  

  • Coalsack — Coal•sack [[t]ˈkoʊlˌsæk[/t]] n. 1) astron. a dark nebula in the Southern Cross 2) astron. Northern Coalsack • Etymology: 1625–35 …   From formal English to slang

  • Coalsack Bluff — (84°14′S 162°25′E / 84.233°S 162.417°E / 84.233; 162.417) is a small rock bluff standing at the northern limits of Walcott Neve, 6 miles (10 km) west southwest of Bauhs Nunatak. It was so named by the …   Wikipedia

  • Great Rift (astronomy) — The Milky Way near Cygnus showing the dark lane of the Great Rift. In astronomy, the Great Rift (sometimes called the Dark Rift or, less commonly, Dark River) is a series of overlapping, non luminous, molecular dust clouds that are located… …   Wikipedia

  • Crux — Southern Cross redirects here. For other uses, see Southern Cross (disambiguation). For other uses, see Crux (disambiguation). Crux Constellation List of stars in Crux Abbreviation C …   Wikipedia

  • Constellation — This article is about the star grouping. For other uses, see Constellation (disambiguation). The constellation Orion is one of the most recognizable in the night sky. In modern astronomy, a constellation is an internationally defined area of the… …   Wikipedia

  • nebula — nebular, adj. /neb yeuh leuh/, n., pl. nebulae / lee , luy /, nebulas. 1. Astron. a. Also called diffuse nebula. a cloud of interstellar gas and dust. Cf. dark nebula, emission nebula, reflection nebula …   Universalium

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