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Dissecting a supernova impostor’s circumstellar medium: MUSEing about the SHAPE ofηCarinae’s outer ejecta

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: Aims. The role of episodic mass loss is one of the outstanding questions in massive star evolution. The structural inhomogeneities and kinematics of their nebulae are tracers of their mass-loss history. We conduct a three-dimensional morpho-kinematic analysis of the ejecta of η Car outside its famous Homunculus nebula.

Source: Astronomy and Astrophysics

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201628770

Authors: A. Mehner, W. Steffen, J. H. Groh, F. P. A. Vogt, D. Baade, H. M. J. Boffin, K. Davidson, W. J. de Wit, R. M. Humphreys, C. Martayan, R. D. Oudmaijer, T. Rivinius, F. Selman

Institutions: European Southern Observatory, European Southern Observatory, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Trinity College Dublin, University of Minnesota, University of Leeds

Language: English

Topic: Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies

Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: National Science Foundation, Smithsonian Institution, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, California Institute of Technology, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Dirección General de Asuntos del Personal Académico, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Awards: A Programme of Research in Astronomical Theory, Astronomical Observations and Planetary and Solar System Science, HIGHPERFORMANCE CORNERSTONE TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE NATIONAL VIRTUAL OBSERVATORY., SI2-SSE: The Next Generation of the Montage Mosaic Engine

OpenAlex ID: W2528651827

FWCI: 0.58

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