Coal Sack
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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This dark space has been called the "Coal Sack."
From A Field Book of the Stars by Olcott, William Tyler
Surrounding δ, ε, ζ, and λ, which mark the king's head, is a vacant space in the Milky Way, similar to the Coal Sack of Cygnus.
From A Field Book of the Stars by Olcott, William Tyler
In the Milky Way, near the Southern Cross, occurs a terrible circular abyss, the Coal Sack.
From The Blue Lagoon: a romance by Stacpoole, H. De Vere (Henry De Vere)
There is a still more remarkable one south of the equator, called the Coal Sack, as a sort of nickname that has a farcical force from its very inadequacy.
From Two on a Tower by Hardy, Thomas
The most remarkable of these holes is one in the neighbourhood of the Southern Cross, known as the "Coal Sack in Crux."
From Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language by Dolmage, Cecil Goodrich Julius
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