Eta Carinae (η Carinae, abbreviated to η Car), formerly known as Eta Argus, is a stellar system containing at least two stars with a combined luminosity...
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Carina Nebula (redirect from Eta Carinae Nebula)
The Carina Nebula or Eta Carinae Nebula (catalogued as NGC 3372; also known as the Great Carina Nebula) is a large, complex area of bright and dark nebulosity...
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bipolar emission and reflection nebula surrounding the massive star system Eta Carinae, about 7,500 light-years (2,300 parsecs) from Earth. The nebula is embedded...
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white-hued supergiant star of magnitude 2.2, 690 light-years from Earth. Eta Carinae is the most prominent variable star in Carina, with a mass of approximately...
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SN 2006gy (section Similarity to Eta Carinae)
SN 2006gy was a quark-nova, heralding the birth of a quark star. Eta Carinae (η Carinae or η Car) is a highly luminous hypergiant star located approximately...
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Australian Aboriginal astronomy (section Eta Carinae)
people of northwestern Victoria, Australia, witnessed the outburst of Eta Carinae in the 1840s and incorporated it into their oral traditions as Collowgulloric...
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longer periods. A good candidate for hosting a continuum-driven wind is Eta Carinae, one of the most massive stars ever observed. With an estimated mass...
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Canopus (redirect from Alpha Carinae)
star in the night sky. It is also designated α Carinae, which is romanized (transliterated) to Alpha Carinae. With a visual apparent magnitude of −0.74,...
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X-ray astronomy (section Eta Carinae)
explosion that occurred over 1,000 years ago. These three structures around Eta Carinae are thought to represent shock waves produced by matter rushing away...
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spectra. They are potentially quiescent hot luminous blue variables. Eta Carinae has been described as a prototypical example. An iron star is a hypothetical...
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