Eta Carinae

id: eta-carinae-186-16008467
title: Eta Carinae
text: Eta Carinae, 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 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 a
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description: Stellar system in the constellation Carina
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eta_Carinae
date created: 2002-09-26T14:16:07Z
date modified: 2024-09-08T02:53:22Z
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image: {"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Eta_Carinae.jpg","width":2015,"height":2013}
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