Science & ResearchAug 17, 2026
Eta Carinae's historical light curve: evidence for cyclic Roche lobe overflow from the primary star
The large amount of ground-based photometric measurements of $η$ Carinae obtained since 1940 have remained problematic for quantitative modeling due to the blending of flux from the stellar core and the surrounding circumstellar nebula.
The large amount of ground-based photometric measurements of $η$ Carinae obtained since 1940 have remained problematic for quantitative modeling due to the blending of flux from the stellar core and the surrounding circumstellar nebula. In the era of the Hubble Space Telescope,…
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