ca·ri·nae (k -r  n , -r-)n. Plural of carina. |
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DISTANT OUTBURST--The bright, massive star V1 (arrow) in the galaxy NGC 2363, which lies about 11 million light-years from Earth, is undergoing an outburst less violent than the one that convulsed Eta Carinae in the mid-19th century. Photographs taken of clouds around the explosive star Eta Carinae from the telescope in Cerro Paranal, Chile, provide astronomers with rare insights into the role of clouds at the beginning and evolution of the universe. A Chandra X-ray image (1) of Eta Carinae, our galaxy's most luminous star (7,500 light years from Earth), as compared to an optical image by the Hubble Space Telescope (2). |
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