Discovery of a little homunculus within the Homunculus Nebula of η Carinae

Kazunori Ishibashi; Theodore R. Gull; Kris Davidson; Nathan Smith; Thierry Lanz; Don Lindler; Keith Feggans; Ekaterina Verner; Bruce E. Woodgate; Randy A. Kimble; Charles W. Bowers; Steven Kraemer; Sarah R. Heap; Anthony C. Danks; Stephen P. Maran; Charles L. Joseph; Mary Elizabeth Kaiser; Jeffrey L. Linsky; Fred Roesler; Donna Weistrop

doi:10.1086/375306

Discovery of a little homunculus within the Homunculus Nebula of η Carinae

Kazunori Ishibashi
, Theodore R. Gull
, Kris Davidson
, Nathan Smith
, Thierry Lanz
, Don Lindler
, Keith Feggans
, Ekaterina Verner
, Bruce E. Woodgate
, Randy A. Kimble
, Charles W. Bowers
, Steven Kraemer
, Sarah R. Heap
, Anthony C. Danks
, Stephen P. Maran
, Charles L. Joseph
, Mary Elizabeth Kaiser
, Jeffrey L. Linsky
, Fred Roesler
, Donna Weistrop

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Abstract

We report long-slit spectroscopic mapping of the η Carinae nebula obtained using the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph. The observations reveal the presence of a previously unknown bipolar emission nebula (roughly ±2″ along its major axis) embedded within the well-known and larger Homunculus Nebula. A preliminary analysis suggests that this embedded nebula may have originated from a minor eruption event circa 1890, 50 years after the formation of the larger Homunculus.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	3222-3236
Number of pages	15
Journal	Astronomical Journal
Volume	125
Issue number	6 1770
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/375306
State	Published - Jun 2003
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Circumstellar matter
ISM: individual (Little Homunculus)
ISM: jets and outflows
Stars: individual (η Carinae)
Stars: mass loss
Stars: winds, outflows

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Astronomy and Astrophysics
Space and Planetary Science

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Ishibashi, K., Gull, T. R., Davidson, K., Smith, N., Lanz, T., Lindler, D., Feggans, K., Verner, E., Woodgate, B. E., Kimble, R. A., Bowers, C. W., Kraemer, S., Heap, S. R., Danks, A. C., Maran, S. P., Joseph, C. L., Elizabeth Kaiser, M., Linsky, J. L., Roesler, F., & Weistrop, D. (2003). Discovery of a little homunculus within the Homunculus Nebula of η Carinae. Astronomical Journal, 125(6 1770), 3222-3236. https://doi.org/10.1086/375306

Ishibashi, K, Gull, TR, Davidson, K, Smith, N, Lanz, T, Lindler, D, Feggans, K, Verner, E, Woodgate, BE, Kimble, RA, Bowers, CW, Kraemer, S, Heap, SR, Danks, AC, Maran, SP, Joseph, CL, Elizabeth Kaiser, M, Linsky, JL, Roesler, F & Weistrop, D 2003, 'Discovery of a little homunculus within the Homunculus Nebula of η Carinae', Astronomical Journal, vol. 125, no. 6 1770, pp. 3222-3236. https://doi.org/10.1086/375306

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Discovery of a little homunculus within the Homunculus Nebula of η Carinae

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