Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Carina (Car)  ·  Contains:  Carina Nebula  ·  Foramen  ·  NGC 3372  ·  eta Car  ·  eta Car Nebula
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Inner Carina Nebula showing Eta Carinae Hypergiant Star with Homunculus Nebula detail, AstroCatNZ
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Inner Carina Nebula showing Eta Carinae Hypergiant Star with Homunculus Nebula detail

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Inner Carina Nebula showing Eta Carinae Hypergiant Star with Homunculus Nebula detail, AstroCatNZ
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Inner Carina Nebula showing Eta Carinae Hypergiant Star with Homunculus Nebula detail

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Eta Carinae is a highly luminous hypergiant star. Estimates of its mass range from 100 to 150 times the mass of the Sun, and its luminosity is about four million times that of the Sun. (wiki)

Surrounding Eta Carinae is the Homunculus Nebula, a bipolar emission and reflection nebula.

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