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astro-ph2005
Discovery of CH and OH in the -513 km s-1 Ejecta of Eta Carinae
E. Verner, F. Bruhweiler, K. E. Nielsen +3
The very massive star, Eta Carinae, is enshrouded in an unusual complex of stellar ejecta, which is highly depleted in C and O, and enriched in He and N. This circumstellar gas giv…
astro-ph2005
The Binarity of Eta Carinae Revealed from Photoionization Modeling of the Spectral Variability of the Weigelt Blobs B and D
E. Verner, F. Bruhweiler, T. Gull
We focus on two Hubble Space Telescope/Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (HST/STIS) spectra of the Weigelt Blobs B&D, extending from 1640 to 10400A; one recorded during the 1998…