Eta Carinae - Wikipedia
WEBEta 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 greater than five million times that of the Sun, located around 7,500 light-years (2,300 parsecs) distant in the constellation Carina.
Watch the Great Eruption of a Massive Star: Eta Carinae
WEBApr 19, 2022 · Eta Carinae is a prime example of the outbursts in the dying stages of very high mass stars. In addition, the team has released a shorter video focused on the layers seen in visible, Hydrogen Alpha, ultraviolet, and x-ray observations.
NASA Observatories Take an Unprecedented Look into Superstar Eta Carinae
WEBJan 6, 2015 · Eta Carinae, the most luminous and massive stellar system within 10,000 light-years of Earth, is known for its surprising behavior, erupting twice in the 19th century for reasons scientists still don’t understand.
Eta Carinae: Our Neighboring Superstars - NASA
WEBAug 26, 2014 · The Eta Carinae star system does not lack for superlatives. Not only does it contain one of the biggest and brightest stars in our galaxy, weighing at least 90 times the mass of the sun, it is also extremely volatile and is expected to have at least one supernova explosion in the future.
Eta Carinae (η Carinae) | Facts, Information, History & Definition
WEBFeb 4, 2020 · Eta Carinae, formally known as Eta Argus, is a stellar system consisting of at least 2 stars located in the constellation of Carina. This star system’s luminosity is more than 5 million times greater than our Sun.
Eta Carinae - NASA
WEBSep 3, 2020 · What will be the next star in our Milky Way galaxy to explode as a supernova? Astronomers aren’t certain, but one candidate is in Eta Carinae, a volatile system containing two massive stars that closely orbit each other.
Eta Carinae: The Great Eruption of a Massive Star - HubbleSite
WEBJan 25, 2022 · Eta Carinae, or Eta Car, is famous for a brilliant and unusual outburst, called the "Great Eruption," observed in the 1840s. This visualization presents the story of that event and examines the resulting multiwavelength emissions and three-dimensional structures surrounding Eta Car today.
Eta Carinae - Star Facts – Stars: A guide to the night sky
WEBNov 30, 2023 · Eta Carinae (η Car) is a massive binary star system located approximately 7,500 light-years away in the constellation Carina. The system consists of two exceptionally massive stars that will end their lives as supernovae.
NASA's NuSTAR Mission Proves Superstar Eta Carinae Shoots Cosmic …
WEBJul 3, 2018 · Eta Carinae, located about 7,500 light-years away in the southern constellation of Carina, is famous for a 19th century outburst that briefly made it the second-brightest star in the sky.
The Doomed Star Eta Carinae - HubbleSite
WEBJun 10, 1996 · A huge, billowing pair of gas and dust clouds are captured in this stunning NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of the supermassive star Eta Carinae. Using a combination of image processing techniques (dithering, subsampling and deconvolution), astronomers created one of the highest resolution images of an extended object ever produced by the ...
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