New DSS2 image of the Southern Cross and the Coalsack

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This is a new Digital Sky Survey 2 image of the Southern Cross and the Coalsack in the southern sky. The field is 9 degrees across. The Coalsack is the most famous of the so-called "dark nebulae", or "absorption nebulae".
The full resolution image weighs 3.1 MB, so please be patient when downloading!
Credit: Caltech/DSS2/Wikisky.org
Processing: Jean-Baptiste Faure