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A Companion as the Cause of Latitude-dependent Effects in the Wind of Eta Carinae

  • Authors: J. H. Groh, T. I. Madura, D. J. Hillier, C. J. H. Kruip, and G. Weigelt

Groh et al. 2012 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 759 L2.

  • Provider: AAS Journals

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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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