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    Eta CarinaeCarinae, abbreviated to η Car), formerly known as Eta Argus, is a stellar system containing at least two stars with a combined luminosity...
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    The Carina Nebula or Eta Carinae Nebula (catalogued as NGC 3372; also known as the Great Carina Nebula) is a large, complex area of bright and dark nebulosity...
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    bipolar emission and reflection nebula surrounding the massive star system Eta Carinae, about 7,500 light-years (2,300 parsecs) from Earth. The nebula is embedded...
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    by the erratic luminous blue variable star Eta Carinae, the most massive visible star known. Eta Carinae is so massive that it has reached the theoretical...
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    SN 2006gy was a quark-nova, heralding the birth of a quark star. Eta CarinaeCarinae or η Car) is a highly luminous hypergiant star located approximately...
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    resemble those of other variable stars in the Milky Way Galaxy such as Eta Carinae, suggesting that Godzilla could be close to the end of its life. Godzilla...
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  • people of northwestern Victoria, Australia, witnessed the outburst of Eta Carinae in the 1840s and incorporated it into their oral traditions as Collowgulloric...
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    Canopus (redirect from Alpha Carinae)
    star in the night sky. It is also designated α Carinae, which is romanized (transliterated) to Alpha Carinae. With a visual apparent magnitude of −0.74,...
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    [citation needed] A good candidate for hosting a continuum-driven wind is Eta Carinae, one of the most massive stars ever observed. With an estimated mass...
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    visible to the naked eye from the tropics southward, Eta Carinae. Its most luminous members are Eta Carinae and WR 25, with both having luminosities several...
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