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    • Title Star Eta Carinae
    • Released 16/02/2007 1:55 pm
    • Copyright J. Morse (Univ. of Colorado)/NASA
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      The star Eta Carinae was seen to erupt in the 19th century. During the eruption, the star lost 10 to 20 solar masses of material, which now forms a nebula around it. Astronomers observed a similar outburst from HD 5980 in 1993-94. This Hubble Space Telescope’s image thus shows how HD 5980 might look like in a century.


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    • Mission Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
    • Keywords Astronomy techniques , Visible light

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