H/T Lana Duze The Coalsack Nebula or the Emu in the - TopicsExpress



          

H/T Lana Duze The Coalsack Nebula or the Emu in the Sky Stunning vistas of cold gas clouds lying near the plane of the Milky Way reveal intense, unexpected activity. The dark, cool region is dotted with stellar factories, like pearls on a cosmic string. The Coalsack dark nebula in Crux is an apparently massive and dense complex of dust and gas visible only in the Southern Hemisphere. Its a mind-blowing sight to see in dark skies, and appears as a gaping hole in the Milky Way, bordered closely by the beautiful constellation of Crux, or the Southern Cross. Wedged between the star Acrux and the Jewel Box cluster in the Southern Cross, and extending east into Centaurus and south into Musca, lies the Coalsack, the most prominent and easily observed of the so-called dark nebulae that permeate the the star clouds of the Milky Way like black smoke. Like all dark nebulae, the Coalsack is a region of cold gas and dust that obscures background starlight. It is more remarkable than most because it stands out against the bright background of the Milky Way, and covers a patch of sky some 7×5 degrees…
Posted on: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 18:48:36 +0000

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