About Coalsack Nebula (C99)

Coalsack Nebula offers a subtle but interesting view and shows up as a faint patch of light. It is relatively bright.

Current visibility

Right now it is at about 19° altitude and reaches 27° around 09:18 PM.

It does not reach a useful observing altitude today.

Nebulae benefit from filters, subtle features are easily lost in bright skies.

Observing tips

It can be observed without much difficulty.

What to expect

In small telescopes it remains mostly unresolved.

It appears more compact than typical clusters.

Type

Dark Nebula

Constellation

Crux

Distance

610 ly

Size

Season

Spring

Difficulty

Hard

Magnitude