Nearly 200 years after its first explosion into prominence, a star’s
multi-wavelength spectrum is now visible to us. A group of scientists has
modeled the Homunculus Nebula around Eta Carinae in three dimensions,
resulting in a new film that sheds light on this remarkable phenomenon. In
the early 1840s, the binary system Eta Carinae began an eruption that would
make it one of the brightest stars in the sky for years. The Homunculus
Nebula was created as gas and dust from the explosion were expelled into
the space around the binary, gradually obscuring the star until it was no
longer visible to the naked eye.
multi-wavelength spectrum is now visible to us. A group of scientists has
modeled the Homunculus Nebula around Eta Carinae in three dimensions,
resulting in a new film that sheds light on this remarkable phenomenon. In
the early 1840s, the binary system Eta Carinae began an eruption that would
make it one of the brightest stars in the sky for years. The Homunculus
Nebula was created as gas and dust from the explosion were expelled into
the space around the binary, gradually obscuring the star until it was no
longer visible to the naked eye.
