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Stunning Discoveries: Eta Carinae's Volatility and New Supernova

10/3/2025

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  • Astronomers captured a spectrum image of Eta Carinae binary star system with the SOAR Telescope (Southern Astrophysical Research) in Chile's Atacama Desert, highlighting its volatility.
  • Eta Carinae lies about 7,500 light-years away, two massive stars in an eccentric orbit, known for the 1840s Great Eruption.
  • Amateur Filipp Romanov discovered a supernova, AT 2025umq, in galaxy SDSS J004819.14+075856.8 using remote telescopes.