The inner winds of Eta Carinae

The stellar wind regions of Eta Carinae. The artist's impression visualises the inner regions of Eta Carinae probed with AMBER at different wavelengths for the first time. The figure shows the inner elongated stellar wind region observed in continuum light and the more extended region of the Brackett Gamma line emission. The sizes of both zones are 4 and 10 milli-arcseconds (corresponding to 10 and 22 Astronomical Units). The dense stellar wind totally obscures the central star.

Källa:

ESO

Om bilden

ID:eso0706b
Typ:Illustration
Publiceringsdatum:23 februari 2007
Relaterade pressmeddelanden:eso0706
Storlek:2884 x 1200 px

Om objektet

Namn:Eta Carinae
Typ:Milky Way : Star : Type : Wolf-Rayet
Avstånd:7500 ljusår
Kategori:Illustrations
Stars

Bildformat

Stor jpeg
319,9 kB
Skärmstor jpeg
64,2 kB

Skrivbordsunderlägg

1024x768
110,3 kB
1280x1024
149,1 kB
1600x1200
206,8 kB
1920x1200
263,8 kB
2048x1536
285,7 kB