Doomed Star Eta Carinae in its final stages - Hubble Telescope, Rudy Pohl

Doomed Star Eta Carinae in its final stages - Hubble Telescope

Doomed Star Eta Carinae in its final stages - Hubble Telescope, Rudy Pohl

Doomed Star Eta Carinae in its final stages - Hubble Telescope

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This is a Hubble Space Telescope ultra-violet image of the massive star Eta Carinae in the southern sky in its final stages of life before exploding into a gigantic, catastrophic Supernova.

Data acquisition: Hubble Legacy Archive, NASA

Data processing: Rudy Pohl

Image: Ultra-violet wavelengths mapped to RGB colour image

Processing software: ESA/ESO/NASA FITS Liberator 3, Photoshop CS5

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Doomed Star Eta Carinae in its final stages - Hubble Telescope, Rudy Pohl