Southern Coalsack
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Southern Coalsack — Astron. Coalsack … Useful english dictionary
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 — /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] … Useful english dictionary
Coalsack Nebula — The Coalsack Nebula Observation data (Epoch J2000.0) Type Dark … Wikipedia
Coalsack — Coal sack , n. [Coal + 2d sack.] (Astron.) Any one of the spaces in the Milky Way which are very black, owing to the nearly complete absence of stars; esp., the large space near the Southern Cross sometimes called the {Black Magellanic Cloud}.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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
Coal|sack — «KOHL SAK», noun. one of two large, dark markings in the Milky Way, due to obscuring clouds of cosmic dust, especially the one near the Southern Cross: »... studies of the southern Coalsack, the most distinct dark nebula of our Milky Way… … Useful english dictionary
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
Black Magellanic Cloud — Coalsack Coal sack , n. [Coal + 2d sack.] (Astron.) Any one of the spaces in the Milky Way which are very black, owing to the nearly complete absence of stars; esp., the large space near the Southern Cross sometimes called the {Black Magellanic… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
