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A deep, continuum-subtracted, image of NGC 7293 has been obtained in the light of the Halpha+[N II] emission lines. New images of two filamentary halo stuctures have been obtained and the possible detection of a collimated outflow made.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 J. Meaburn , P. Boumis , J. A. Lopez , D. J. Harman , M. Bryce , M. P. Redman , F. Mavromatakis

We present images of $\eta$ Carinae in the recombination lines H30$\alpha$ and He30$\alpha$ and the underlying continuum with 50~mas resolution (110 AU), obtained with ALMA. For the first time, the 230 GHz continuum image is resolved into a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-30 Z. Abraham , P. P. B. Beaklini , P. Cox , L-Å. Nyman , D. Falceta-Gonçalves

FUV spectra of Eta Car, recorded across two decades with HST/STIS, document multiple changes in resonant lines caused by dissipating extinction in our line of sight. The FUV flux has increased nearly ten-fold which has led to increased…

During the first four all-sky surveys eRASS:4 carried out from December 2019 to 2021, the extended Roentgen Survey with an Imaging Telescope Array (eROSITA) on board Spektrum-Roentgen-Gamma (Spektr-RG, SRG) observed the Galactic HII region…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-08-31 Manami Sasaki , Jan Robrade , Martin G. H. Krause , Jonathan R. Knies , Kisetsu Tsuge , Gerd Pühlhofer , Andrew Strong

We present an analysis of the visible through near infrared spectrum of Eta Carinae and its ejecta obtained during the "Eta Carinae Campaign with the UVES at the ESO VLT". This is a part of larger effort to present a complete Eta Carinae…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 K. E. Nielsen , G. Vieira Kober , K. Weis , T. R. Gull , O. Stahl , D. J. Bomans

"Godzilla" is a peculiar object within the gravitationally lensed Sunburst Arc at $z=2.37$. Despite being very bright, it appears in only one of the twelve lensed images of the source galaxy, and shows exotic spectroscopic properties not…

During the years 1838-1858, the very massive star {\eta} Carinae became the prototype supernova impostor: it released nearly as much light as a supernova explosion and shed an impressive amount of mass, but survived as a star.1 Based on a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Kris Davidson , Roberta Humphreys

Although the planetary nebula NGC 6781 appears to possess an elliptical morphology, its kinematic and emission characteristics are in many ways unusual, and it is possible that it may represent a bipolar source oriented close to the line of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-06-21 J. P. Phillips , Gerardo Ramos-Larios , Martin A. Guerrero

We present wide-field, deep narrowband H$_2$, Br$\gamma$, H$\alpha$, [S II], [O III], and broadband I and K-band images of the Carina star formation region. The new images provide a large-scale overview of all the H$_2$ and Br$\gamma$…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 P. Hartigan , M. Reiter , N. Smith , J. Bally

We report the detection of 21-cm line emission from H I in the planetary nebula NGC 7293 (the Helix). The observations, made with the Very Large Array, show the presence of a ring of atomic hydrogen that is associated with the outer portion…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Luis F. Rodriguez , W. M. Goss , Robert Williams

Eta Carinae is considered to be a massive colliding wind binary system with a highly eccentric (e \sim 0.9), 5.54-yr orbit. However, the companion star continues to evade direct detection as the primary dwarfs its emission at most…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-11-10 Thomas I. Madura , Theodore R. Gull , Jose H. Groh , Stanley P. Owocki , Atsuo Okazaki , D. John Hillier , Christopher Russell

We have extended the work of Papers I and II of this series to determine at higher spatial resolution the properties of the embedded Orion-S Molecular Cloud that lies within the ionized cavity of the Orion Nebula and of the thin ionized…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-03-03 C. R. O'Dell , G. J. Ferland , N. P. Abel

We modeled the HeII 4686 line profiles observed in the eta Carinae binary system close to the 2003.5 spectroscopic event, assuming that they were formed in the shocked gas that flows at both sides of the contact surface formed by wind-wind…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Z. Abraham , D. Falceta-Goncalves

Results are presented from a multi-wavelength study of the giant pillars within the Carina Nebula. Using near-IR data from 2MASS, mid-IR data from MSX, 843MHz radio continuum maps from the MOST, and molecular line and continuum observations…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. M. Rathborne , K. J. Brooks , M. G. Burton , M. Cohen , S. Bontemps

We combine MUSE and ALMA observations with theoretical models to evaluate how a tadpole-shaped globule located in the Carina Nebula has been influenced by its environment. This globule is now relatively small (radius ~2500 au), hosts a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-08-05 Megan Reiter , Thomas J. Haworth , Andrés E. Guzmán , Pamela D. Klaassen , Anna F. McLeod , Guido Garay

The Carina Nebula represents one of the largest and most active star forming regions known in our Galaxy with numerous very massive stars.Our recently obtained Herschel PACS & SPIRE far-infrared maps cover the full area (about 8.7 deg^2) of…

(Abridged) Main sequence massive stars embedded in an HII region should have the same chemical abundances as the surrounding nebular gas+dust. The Cocoon nebula, a close-by Galactic HII region ionized by a narrow line B0.5 V single star…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-19 J. García-Rojas , S. Simón-Díaz , C. Esteban

We present X-ray spectral fits to a recently obtained Chandra grating spectrum of Eta Carinae, one of the most massive and powerful stars in the Galaxy and which is strongly suspected to be a colliding wind binary system. Hydrodynamic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 J. M. Pittard , M. F. Corcoran

TeV gamma-ray emission has been recently observed from direction of a few open clusters containing massive stars. We consider the high energy processes occurring within massive binary systems and in their dense environment by assuming that…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-02-12 W. Bednarek , J. Pabich , T. Sobczak

Interstellar dust in nebulae and in the diffuse interstellar medium of galaxies contains a component which responds to illumination by ultraviolet photons with efficient luminescence in the 500 nm to 1000 nm spectral range, known as…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Adolf N. Witt , Uma P. Vijh