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Caldwell 99
Caldwell 99 — Coalsack Nebula
Dark Nebula
· CruxBeginner
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Target information
- Object type
- Dark Nebula
- Constellation
- Crux
- Right ascension
- 12h 50m 00s
- Declination
- -62° 30′ 00″
- Magnitude
- Not recorded
- Angular size
- 420′ × 300′
- Surface brightness
- Not recorded
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Best months
- Mar-Jun
- Catalog IDs
- Caldwell 99
About this target
Very large naked-eye dark nebula; wide-field framing or mosaic target.