Eta Carinae light echo region — 10 March 2003
The double-star system Eta Carinae, about 120 times more massive than the Sun, produced a spectacular outburst that was seen on Earth from 1837 to 1858. This image shows an area near Eta Carinae that is not illuminated by the double-star system's outburst. The image was taken in March 2003 with the NOAO Optical Astronomy Observatory's Blanco 4-metre telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile.
Credit:
NOAO, AURA, NSF, and N. Smith (University of Arizona)
About the Image
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| Id: | opo1212b |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 20 February 2012, 12:12 |
| Size: | 600 x 600 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Eta Carinae |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Star : Type : Variable • Stars Images/Videos |
