Tag: Coalsack Nebula

This test image from one of the four cameras aboard the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) captures a swath of the southern sky along the plane of our galaxy. TESS is expected to cover more than 400 times the amount of sky shown in this image when using all four of its cameras during science operations. Credit: NASA/MIT/TESS

Image Of Over 200,000 Stars In Constellation Centaurus Captured By TESS, Planet Hunter

MessageToEagle.com | May 20, 2018

MessageToEagle.com – An image of more than 200,000 stars, centered on the southern constellation Centaurus, has been obtained by the science team using one of the four cameras of TESS (NASA’s next

The Coalsack is one of the most prominent dark nebulae visible to the unaided eye

Astronomy

Coalsack Nebula Observed For At Least 40,000 Years: A Cosmic Sackful Of Black Coal

MessageToEagle.com | October 19, 2015

MessageToEagle.com – The Coalsack Nebula is located about 600 light-years away in the constellation of Crux (The Southern Cross), which is approximately 20 – 30 light-years across. It’s