Eta Carinae (Sergio Emilio Montúfar Codoñer)

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Eta Carinae

Eta Carinae (η Car / η Carinae) situada en la constelación de la Quilla. Su masa oscila entre 100 y 150 veces la masa solar, lo que la convierte en una de las estrellas más masivas conocidas en nuestra Galaxia. Asimismo, posee una altísima luminosidad, de alrededor de cuatro millones de veces la del Sol; debido a la gran cantidad de polvo existente a su alrededor, Eta Carinae irradia el 99% de su luminosidad en la parte infrarroja del espectro, lo que la convierte en el objeto más brillante del cielo en el intervalo de longitudes de onda entre 10 y 20 µm.

Eta Carinae es una estrella muy joven, con una edad entre los 2 y los 3 millones de años, y se encuentra situada en NGC 3372, también llamada la Gran Nebulosa de Carina o simplemente Nebulosa de Carina. Dicha nebulosa contiene varias estrellas supermasivas, incluyendo además de a Eta Carinae a la estrella HD 93129A.

La estrella está rodeada por una nebulosa conocida como la Nebulosa del Homúnculo. Dada su gran masa, Eta Carinae es altamente inestable y propensa a violentas eyecciones de materia. Según las teorías actuales de la estructura y de la evolución estelares, esta inestabilidad es causada por luminosidad extrema y una temperatura superficial no excesivamente caliente, lo que la sitúa dentro del diagrama Hertzsprung-Russell en una región afectada por el límite de Eddington. En dichas circunstancias, la elevadísima presión de la radiación en la "superficie" de la estrella hace que ésta expulse grandes cantidades de materia de sus capas exteriores al espacio.

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