Gas Cloud near Eta Carinae
Depicts: Eta Carinae, IRAS 10431-5925
Copyright: James Gitlin/STScI
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(Illustration) This is an artist's concept of a gas cloud (left) that acts as a natural ultraviolet laser, near the huge, unstable star Eta Carinae (right) -- one of most massive and energetic stars in our Milky Way Galaxy.
Last Update: 1 September 2019