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The Coalsack Nebula and the galactic area surrounding it played a large role in Jerry Pournelle's CoDominium Universe, particularly The Mote in God's Eye and the sequel The Gripping Hand, both co-authored with Larry Niven. In these novels, a human-colonized system, New Caledonia, is on the opposite side of the Coalsack from Earth.
The Aboriginal "Emu in the sky".In Western astronomy terms, the Southern Cross is on the right, and Scorpius on the left; the head of the emu is the Coalsack.. A constellation used almost everywhere in Australian Aboriginal culture is the "Emu in the Sky", which consists of dark nebulae (opaque clouds of dust and gas in outer space) that are visible against the (centre and other sectors of the ...
BZ Crucis is the bright star between the open clusters NGC 4609 and Hogg 15. HD 110432 is a Be star in the south-east of Crux, behind the center of the southern hemisphere's dark Coalsack Nebula. It has a stellar classification of B1IVe, which means it is a subgiant star of class B that displays emission lines in its spectrum.
See also the references to names from other cultures at dark cloud constellations: The Horsehead Nebula. Coalsack Nebula; Cone Nebula; Dark Doodad Nebula; Dark Horse Nebula; Horsehead Nebula ; Pipe Nebula (also see Dark Horse Nebula; includes Barnard 59, 77 and 78) Snake Nebula (also see Dark Horse Nebula) Keyhole Nebula
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In 2025, we will see 12 full moons, three supermoons, and two lunar eclipses. Here are the dates for all of them.
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There are 12 full moons this year, here's what to know about when they are and what their names are.