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Wide-field image of the constellation Crux


Date: 28 October 2009
Satellite: Hubble Space Telescope
Depicts: NGC 4755
Copyright: A. Fujii

The Jewel Box is shown just right of centre, above the dark nebula called the Coal Sack in this picture of the southern sky. The picture was taken with a small ground-based camera.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
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