Eta Carinae's Homunculus Nebula (IMAGE)

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Eta Carinae's Homunculus Nebula

Caption

Eta Carinae's Homunculus nebula. Right: Zooming in by 500 times, the new high-resolution image of the heart of Eta Carinae showing the collision between the two winds. This region is about 100 times larger than the diameter of each of the two stars. The yellow ellipse is the binary orbit. The two red dots indicate the positions of the two stars at the time of observation.

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ESO (left) and Gerd Weigelt (right).

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