Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Carina (Car)  ·  Contains:  Carina Nebula  ·  IC 2599  ·  NGC 3324  ·  NGC 3372  ·  The star t1 Car  ·  The star w Car  ·  eta Car Nebula
Eta Carinae Nebula, Hugo Landolfi
Eta Carinae Nebula
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Eta Carinae Nebula

Eta Carinae Nebula, Hugo Landolfi
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Eta Carinae Nebula

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Reworked 2020 eta Carina Nebula from Buenos Aires.

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 greater than five million times that of the Sun, located around 7,500 light-years (2,300 parsecs) distant in the constellation Carina. Previously a 4th-magnitude star, it brightened in 1837 to become brighter than Rigel, marking the start of its so-called "Great Eruption". It became the second-brightest star in the sky between 11 and 14 March 1843 before fading well below naked eye visibility after 1856. In a smaller eruption, it reached 6th magnitude in 1892 before fading again. It has brightened consistently since about 1940, becoming brighter than magnitude 4.5 by 2014.

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Eta Carinae Nebula, Hugo Landolfi