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Star in the constellation Crux
HD 110432
Location of BZ Crucis (circled). The other star shown overlapping/underlying the dark nebula is HD 109000 (HR 4771) which is a red/brown star about half the distance to the nebula, having parallax of 12.8 ± 0.05 thus about 250 light years away
The distance of 388 pc published in the 2007 new Hipparcos reduction is over twice the distance of the Coalsack Nebula. The distance from Gaia Data Release 2 is even further at 420 pc.
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