Eta Carinae

This new image of the luminous blue variable Eta Carinae was taken with the NACO near-infrared adaptive optics instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope, yielding an incredible amount of detail. The images clearly shows a bipolar structure as well as the jets coming out from the central star. The image was obtained by the Paranal Science team and processed by Yuri Beletsky (ESO) and Hännes Heyer (ESO). It is based on data obtained through broad (J, H, and K; 90 second exposure time per filters) and narrow-bands (1.64, 2.12, and 2.17 microns; probing iron, molecular and atomic hydrogen, respectively; 4 min per filter).

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ESO

Kuvasta

Tunnistus:eso0817a
Tyyppi:Havainto
Julkaisupäivä:27. toukokuuta 2008
Vastaavat julkaisut:eso1637, eso0817
Koko:1000 x 1009 px

Kohteesta

Nimi:Eta Carinae
Tyyppi:Milky Way : Star : Type : Wolf-Rayet
Etäisyys:7500 valovuotta
Kategoria:Stars

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Värit ja suotimet

KaistaTeleskooppi
Infrapuna
J
Very Large Telescope
NACO
Infrapuna
H
Very Large Telescope
NACO
Infrapuna
K
Very Large Telescope
NACO