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Coalsack Nebula

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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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