{"id":13359,"date":"2016-10-19T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-19T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13359"},"modified":"2016-10-17T18:10:21","modified_gmt":"2016-10-17T22:10:21","slug":"eso-capturing-the-raging-winds-of-eta-carinae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13359","title":{"rendered":"ESO: Capturing the raging winds of Eta Carinae"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is the latest\u00a0ESO<\/a>\u00a0(European Southern Observatory) report:<\/p>\n

Highest Resolution Image of Eta Carinae<\/a><\/strong>
\nVLT Interferometer captures raging winds in famous massive stellar system<\/em><\/p>\n

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This mosaic shows the Carina Nebula (left part of the image), home of the Eta Carinae star system. This part was observed with the Wide Field Imager on the MPG\/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO\u2019s La Silla Observatory. The middle part shows the direct surrounding of the star: the Homunculus Nebula, created by the ejected material from the Eta Carinae system. This image was taken with the NACO near-infrared adaptive optics instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope. The right image shows the innermost part of the system as seen with the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI). It is the highest resolution image of Eta Carinae ever. [Larger images<\/a>.]<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>An international team of astronomers have used the Very Large Telescope Interferometer to image the Eta Carinae star system<\/a> in the greatest detail ever achieved. They found new and unexpected structures within the binary system, including in the area between the two stars where extremely high velocity stellar winds are colliding. These new insights into this enigmatic star system could lead to a better understanding of the evolution of very massive stars.<\/p>\n
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This image represent the best image of the Eta Carinae star system ever made. The observations were made with the Very Large Telescope Interferometer and could lead to a better understanding of the evolution of very massive stars. [Larger images<\/a>]<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Led by Gerd Weigelt from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy<\/a> (MPIfR) in Bonn, a team of astronomers have used the Very Large Telescope Interferometer<\/a> (VLTI) at ESO\u2019s Paranal Observatory to take a unique image of the Eta Carinae<\/a> star system in the Carina Nebula<\/a>.<\/p>\n