Visualization Explores a Massive Star’s Great Eruption

Chandra issued a press release on January 25, 2022, "Eta Carinae: Visualization Explores A Massive Star’s Great Eruption”.  Eta Carinae contains one of the biggest and brightest stars in our Galaxy.  Different telescopes reveal different pieces of information about this system.  A new 3D model of Eta Carinae is based on data from three NASA telescopes. Chandra, Hubble, and Spitzer data were used for this visualization.

For more information visit:
https://chandra.cfa.harvard.edu/press/22_releases/press_012522.html.

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