Eta Carinae (η Carinae, abbreviated to η Car), formerly known as Eta Argus, is a stellar system containing at least two stars with a combined luminosity greater than five million times that of the Sun, located around 7,500 light-years (2,300 parsecs) distant in the constellation Carina.

Eta Carinae. Probing the Last Gasps of Doomed Star Eta Carinae The signature balloon-shaped clouds of gas blown from a pair of massive stars called Eta Carinae have tantalized astronomers for decades. Eta Carinae has a volatile temperament, prone to violent outbursts over the past 200 years.

Eta Carinae, peculiar red star and nebula about 7,500 light-years from Earth in the southern constellation Carina and now known to be a binary star system. It is one of a small class of stars called luminous blue variables. The English astronomer Sir Edmond Halley noted it in 1677 as a star of

Eta Carinae, the most luminous and massive stellar system within 10,000 light-years of Earth, is known for its surprising behavior, erupting twice in the 19th century for reasons scientists still don't understand. A study led by astronomers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center has produced the most comprehensive picture of Eta Carinae to date.

Eta Carinae is approximately 7,500 light years from Earth. It is a very rare hypergiant star with a mass more than a hundred times that of the sun. There are only ten other known stars in the entire galaxy that have a higher mass than Eta Carinae. The most massive star in the Milky Way is R136a1, which has over 250 times the mass of the sun.

Eta Carinae is one of the most massive binary star systems known, lying at a distance of about 7,500 light years from Earth. Eta Carinae is located in the direction of Carina constellation.The primary component in the system has about 90 times the mass of the Sun and is 5 million times more luminous.

Eta Carina. An original musical from queer Manchester based artists; Clare McNulty, The Kommander and Laurie Williams. Eta Carina is an ageing supernova on the edge of space performing to an earth they have left behind.

Located about 7,500 light-years away in the southern constellation of Carina, Eta Carinae outshines our Sun by 5 million times. The binary system consists of two massive stars in a tight 5.5-year orbit, shrouded in an expanding veil of gas and dust from an enormous eruption seen in the 1840s.

Carina Nebula. ESO/G. Weigelt . See the highest-resolution views yet of the explosive star system Eta Carinae, which is 7,500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Carina.