Situated 600 light years away C99 The Coalsack nebula is a large dark nebula in Crux. It is visible to the naked eye as a dark patch in the Milky Way. The dark nebula is framed by myriad stars within the Milky Way.
Imaged in LRGB on our Planewave DR 350 at Observatorio El Sauce, Chile.
Image Processing: Mike Selby