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Caption: Figure 1.
Offset positions discussed in this Letter. The angles i and ω correspond approximately to the equivalent orbital inclination (i.e., latitude) and longitude of periastron (i.e., azimuth) where light scattered off different regions of the Homunculus; see the central binary system. The background image shows a ~20'' box around the central source in Eta Car (credit: N. Smith (U. Arizona), NASA).
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