Firework that lasted for 150 yrs; NASA shares of super-massive star Eta Carinae


Team Udayavani, Jan 3, 2021, 4:08 PM IST

The official Instagram page of NASA has shared the picture of Eta Carinae. It is a doomed super-massive star 7,500 light-years away that went through a “Great Eruption” in the 1840s that made it the second-brightest visible star in the sky for over a decade.

“Have you ever seen a slow-motion firework show that lasted…over 150 YEARS?” wrote NASA.

Eta Carinae, shown here in a @NASAHubble image is a doomed super-massive star 7,500 light-years away that went through a ‘Great Eruption’ in the 1840s that made it the second-brightest visible star in the sky for over a decade — it was so bright that sailors at the time used it as an important navigational star in the southern seas,” it added

 

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