Coal Sack

noun

1. a dark nebula in the Milky Way close to the Southern Cross

Example Sentences

The white man calls it the coal-sack, and explains how it comes about.

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The stars are changed; the southern cross, the Magellanic clouds, the "coal-sack" in the milky way, attract our notice.

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This gulf of Cimmerian darkness was called by early navigators the Coal Sack.

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The stars are changed; the southern cross, the Magellanic clouds, the “coal-sack” in the milky way, attract our notice.

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In many regions its light is interrupted, especially in Centaurus, where a dark starless region exists, known as the "coal sack."

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