84 relations: AE Andromedae, Apparent magnitude, Astrophysical X-ray source, Australian Aboriginal astronomy, Binary star, Bipolar nebula, Canopus, Carina (constellation), Carina in Chinese astronomy, Carina Nebula, Carina OB1, Colliding-wind binary, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, Delta Canis Majoris, Eddington luminosity, Epsilon Canis Majoris, Eta Canis Majoris, Eta Carinids, Foramen, Gamma-ray burst, Hal Clement, HD 93129, HD 93205, HD 93250, Homunculus Nebula, HR Carinae, Hypergiant, International Ultraviolet Explorer, IPTF14hls, IRC +10420, Iron star, John Herschel, John Herschel the Younger, Kappa Canis Majoris, LHS 288, List of brightest stars and other record stars, List of largest stars, List of most luminous stars, List of most massive stars, List of stars in Argo Navis, List of stars in Carina, List of stars more luminous than any closer star, List of supernova candidates, List of variable stars, Luminous blue variable, NGC 2363-V1, NGC 3576, Nir Shaviv, Noam Soker, Omicron Puppis, ..., Orders of magnitude (length), Orders of magnitude (temperature), Orders of magnitude (volume), P Cygni, Pi Puppis, Pistol Star, Plaskett's Star, Pulsational pair-instability supernova, Robur Carolinum, S Doradus, Sirius, Sisters of the Sun, SN 1961V, SN 2005gl, SN 2006gy, Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph, Star, Stellar age estimation, Stellar mass, Supernova, Supernova impostor, Table of stars with Bayer designations, The Universe (TV series), Trumpler 16, Variable star, Very Large Telescope, Wergaia, Wonders of the Universe, WR 102ka, WR 25, X-ray astronomy, 1840s, 1843, 1843 in science. Expand index (34 more) »
AE Andromedae
AE Andromedae (AE And) is a luminous blue variable (LBV), a type of variable star.
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Apparent magnitude
The apparent magnitude of a celestial object is a number that is a measure of its brightness as seen by an observer on Earth.
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Astrophysical X-ray source
Astrophysical X-ray sources are astronomical objects with physical properties which result in the emission of X-rays.
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Australian Aboriginal astronomy
Australian Aboriginal astronomy is a name given to indigenous Australian culture relating to astronomical subjects – such as the Sun and Moon, the stars, planets, and the Milky Way, and their motions on the sky.
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Binary star
A binary star is a star system consisting of two stars orbiting around their common barycenter.
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Bipolar nebula
A bipolar nebula is a distinctive nebular formation characterized by an axially symmetric bi-lobed appearance.
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Canopus
Canopus, also designated Alpha Carinae (α Carinae, abbreviated Alpha Car, α Car), is the brightest star in the southern constellation of Carina, and the second-brightest star in the night-time sky, after Sirius.
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Carina (constellation)
Carina is a constellation in the southern sky.
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Carina in Chinese astronomy
The modern constellation Carina lies across one of the quadrants symbolized by the Vermillion Bird of the South (南方朱雀, Nán Fāng Zhū Què) and The Southern Asterisms (近南極星區, Jìnnánjíxīngōu), that divide the sky in traditional Chinese uranography.
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Carina Nebula
The Carina Nebula (catalogued as NGC 3372; also known as the Grand Nebula, Great Nebula in Carina, or Eta Carinae Nebula) is a large, complex area of bright and dark nebulosity in the constellation Carina, and is located in the Carina–Sagittarius Arm.
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Carina OB1
Carina OB1 is a giant OB association in the Carina Nebula, which is home to some of the most massive and luminous stars in the Milky Way Galaxy.
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Colliding-wind binary
A colliding-wind binary is a binary star system in which the two members are massive stars that emit powerful, radiatively-driven stellar winds.
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Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey is a 2014 American science documentary television series.
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Delta Canis Majoris
Delta Canis Majoris (δ Canis Majoris, abbreviated Delta CMa, δ CMa), also named Wezen, is a star in the constellation of Canis Major.
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Eddington luminosity
The Eddington luminosity, also referred to as the Eddington limit, is the maximum luminosity a body (such as a star) can achieve when there is balance between the force of radiation acting outward and the gravitational force acting inward.
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Epsilon Canis Majoris
Epsilon Canis Majoris (ε Canis Majoris, abbreviated Epsilon CMa, ε CMa), also named Adhara, is a binary star and, despite being designated 'epsilon', the second-brightest star in the constellation of Canis Major and one of the brightest stars in the night sky.
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Eta Canis Majoris
Eta Canis Majoris (η Canis Majoris, abbreviated Eta CMa, η CMa), also named Aludra, is a star in the constellation of Canis Major.
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Eta Carinids
The Eta Carinids are a meteor shower lasting from January 14 to 27 each year, peaking on January 21.
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Foramen
In anatomy, a foramen (pl. foramina) is any opening.
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Gamma-ray burst
In gamma-ray astronomy, gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are extremely energetic explosions that have been observed in distant galaxies.
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Hal Clement
Harry Clement Stubbs (May 30, 1922 – October 29, 2003), better known by the pen name Hal Clement, was an American science fiction writer and a leader of the hard science fiction subgenre.
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HD 93129
HD 93129 is a triple star system in the Carina Nebula, with all three components being hot O class stars amongst the most luminous stars in the Milky Way.
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HD 93205
HD 93205, or V560 Carinae, is a binary stellar system, in the Carina Nebula (NGC 3372) in the constellation Carina.
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HD 93250
HD 93250 is a highly luminous hot blue binary star in the Carina Nebula in the constellation Carina.
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Homunculus Nebula
The Homunculus Nebula is a bipolar emission and reflection nebula surrounding the massive star system Eta Carinae, about 7,500 light-years (2,300 parsecs) from Earth.
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HR Carinae
HR Carinae is a luminous blue variable star located in the constellation Carina.
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Hypergiant
A hypergiant (luminosity class 0 or Ia+) is among the very rare kinds of stars that typically show tremendous luminosities and very high rates of mass loss by stellar winds.
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International Ultraviolet Explorer
The International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) was an astronomical observatory satellite primarily designed to take ultraviolet spectra.
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IPTF14hls
iPTF14hls is an unusual supernova star that has erupted continuously for the last three years (as of 2017).
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IRC +10420
IRC+10420, also known as V1302 Aql, is a yellow hypergiant star located in the constellation of Aquila at a distance of 4-6 kiloparsecs of the Sun.
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Iron star
In astronomy, an iron star is a hypothetical type of compact star that could occur in the universe in the extremely far future, after perhaps 101500 years.
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John Herschel
Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Baronet (7 March 1792 – 11 May 1871) was an English polymath, mathematician, astronomer, chemist, inventor, experimental photographer who invented the blueprint, and did botanical work.
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John Herschel the Younger
Colonel John Herschel (29 October 1837 – 31 May 1921) was an English military engineer, surveyor and astronomer.
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Kappa Canis Majoris
Kappa Canis Majoris, Latinized from κ Canis Majoris, is a solitary, blue-white hued star in the constellation Canis Major.
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LHS 288
LHS 288 (Luyten 143-23) is a red dwarf 15.6 light years from the Sun, the closest in the constellation Carina (near Eta Carinae).
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List of brightest stars and other record stars
This is a list of the brightest stars together with record holders of other categories with many details in compact form that can be compared.
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List of largest stars
Below is an ordered list of the largest stars currently known by radius.
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List of most luminous stars
Below is a list of stars arranged in order of decreasing luminosity (increasing bolometric magnitude).
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List of most massive stars
This is a list of the most massive stars so far discovered, in solar masses.
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List of stars in Argo Navis
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List of stars in Carina
This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Carina, sorted by decreasing brightness.
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List of stars more luminous than any closer star
This is a list of stars which are more luminous than any closer star, that is, stars which emit more radiation than any other star within the same distance of the Sun.
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List of supernova candidates
This is a list of supernova candidates, or stars that astronomers have suggested are supernova progenitors.
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List of variable stars
There are over 41,638 known variable stars (2008), with more being discovered regularly, so a complete list of every single variable is impossible at this place (cf. GCVS).
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Luminous blue variable
Luminous blue variables (LBVs) are massive evolved stars that show unpredictable and sometimes dramatic variations in both their spectra and brightness.
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NGC 2363-V1
NGC 2363-V1 is a luminous blue variable star in the star-forming region NGC 2363, sat the far southwestern part of the irregular galaxy NGC 2366 in the constellation Camelopardalis, near the North Celestial Pole approaching 11 million light years away from our galaxy.
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NGC 3576
NGC 3576 is a minor nebula in the Sagittarius arm of the galaxy a few thousand light-years away from the Eta Carinae nebula.
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Nir Shaviv
Nir Joseph Shaviv (ניר יוסף שביב, born July 6, 1972) is an Israeli‐American physics professor, carrying out research in the fields of astrophysics and climate science.
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Noam Soker
Noam Soker is an Israeli theoretical astrophysicist.
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Omicron Puppis
Omicron Puppis (ο Puppis) is candidate binary star system in the southern constellation of Puppis.
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Orders of magnitude (length)
The following are examples of orders of magnitude for different lengths.
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Orders of magnitude (temperature)
Most ordinary human activity takes place at temperatures of this order of magnitude.
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Orders of magnitude (volume)
The table lists various objects and units by the order of magnitude of their volume.
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P Cygni
P Cygni (34 Cyg) is a variable star in the constellation Cygnus.
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Pi Puppis
Pi Puppis, Latinized from π Puppis, also named Ahadi, is the second-brightest star in the southern constellation of Puppis.
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Pistol Star
The Pistol Star is a blue hypergiant star, one of the most luminous known in the Milky Way.
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Plaskett's Star
Plaskett's Star, also known as HR 2422 and V640 Monocerotis, is a spectroscopic binary at a distance of around 6600 light-years.
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Pulsational pair-instability supernova
A pulsational pair-instability supernova is a supernova impostor event that generally occurs in stars at around 100 to 130 solar mass, as opposed to a typical pair-instability supernova which occurs in stars of 130 to.
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Robur Carolinum
Robur Carolinum (Latin for Charles' oak) was a constellation created by the English astronomer Edmond Halley in 1679.
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S Doradus
S Doradus (also known as S Dor) is located 160,000 light years away, and is one of the brightest stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a satellite of the Milky Way.
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Sirius
Sirius (a romanization of Greek Σείριος, Seirios,."glowing" or "scorching") is a star system and the brightest star in the Earth's night sky.
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Sisters of the Sun
"Sisters of the Sun" is the eighth episode of the American documentary television series Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey.
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SN 1961V
SN 1961V was an abnormal, supernova-like event that was a potential supernova impostor. The potential impostor nature of SN 1961V was first identified by Fritz Zwicky in 1964. SN 1961V occurred in galaxy NGC 1058, about 9.3 Mpc away (about 30 million light years). Unlike many supernovae, the progenitor star is tentatively known: an extremely large, very bright blue star, similar to Eta Carinae. Mass estimates of the precursor star were as high as 2000 times the mass of the sun, but these are likely to be extreme overestimates. If SN 1961V was not a supernova then it was most likely an extremely large outburst by a luminous blue variable star. The remnant of SN 1961V's explosion is expanding at 2,000 km/s, which is much slower than the majority of supernovae. The profile of its light curve, with a gradual climb to maximum brightness, was unusual when compared to a supernova. This unusual light curve led to suspicion that it was some other event. If the star survived this would identify SN 1961V as an impostor supernova rather than a true supernova. Attempts to determine if the progenitor star is still present have been extensive and have included use of both the Hubble Space Telescope and the Spitzer Space Telescope. These attempts have been hampered by the cloud of debris from the event, which have left the area obscured. Christopher Kochanek at Ohio State University has compared the event to the confirmed supernova SN 2005gl and suggested that the low velocity of expansion can be explained by a pre-supernova mass loss event similar to that which was observed to occur in SN 2005gl. The analysis by Kochanek's group strongly suggests that SN 1961V was indeed a genuine supernova. Almost at the same moment, another team detected a highly luminous blue star, labeled Object 7, remaining at the site of the supernova, although they couldn't rule out this being a surviving companion of the exploded star.
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SN 2005gl
SN 2005gl was a supernova in the barred-spiral galaxy NGC 266.
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SN 2006gy
SN 2006gy was an extremely energetic supernova, also referred to as a hypernova or quark-nova, that was discovered on September 18, 2006.
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Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph
The Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) is a spectrograph, also with a camera mode, installed on the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Star
A star is type of astronomical object consisting of a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by its own gravity.
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Stellar age estimation
Various methods and tools are involved in stellar age estimation, an attempt to identify within reasonable degrees of confidence what the age of a star is.
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Stellar mass
Stellar mass is a phrase that is used by astronomers to describe the mass of a star.
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Supernova
A supernova (plural: supernovae or supernovas, abbreviations: SN and SNe) is a transient astronomical event that occurs during the last stellar evolutionary stages of a star's life, either a massive star or a white dwarf, whose destruction is marked by one final, titanic explosion.
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Supernova impostor
Supernova impostors are stellar explosions that appear at first to be a type of supernova but do not destroy their progenitor stars.
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Table of stars with Bayer designations
This table lists those stars or other objects which have Bayer designations by the constellation in which those stars or objects lie.
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The Universe (TV series)
The Universe is an American documentary television series that features computer-generated imagery and computer graphics of astronomical objects in the universe plus interviews with experts who study in the fields of cosmology, astronomy, and astrophysics.
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Trumpler 16
Trumpler 16 (Tr 16) is a massive open cluster that is home to some of the most luminous stars in the Milky Way galaxy.
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Variable star
A variable star is a star whose brightness as seen from Earth (its apparent magnitude) fluctuates.
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Very Large Telescope
The Very Large Telescope (VLT) is a telescope facility operated by the European Southern Observatory on Cerro Paranal in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile.
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Wergaia
Wergaia or Werrigia is an indigenous Australian language group in the Wimmera region of north-Western Victoria.
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Wonders of the Universe
Wonders of the Universe is a 2011 television series produced by the BBC, Discovery Channel, and Science Channel, hosted by physicist Professor Brian Cox.
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WR 102ka
WR 102ka, also known as the Peony star, is a Wolf–Rayet star that is one of several candidates for the most luminous-known star in the Milky Way.
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WR 25
WR 25 (HD 93162) is a binary star system in the turbulent star forming region Carina Nebula, about 7,500 light-years from Earth.
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X-ray astronomy
X-ray astronomy is an observational branch of astronomy which deals with the study of X-ray observation and detection from astronomical objects.
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1840s
The 1840s was a decade that ran from January 1, 1840, to December 31, 1849.
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1843
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1843 in science
The year 1843 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eta_Carinae