Eta Carinae
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noun
a star and its surrounding nebula in the constellation Carina: the star was brighter than every star except Sirius in the 1840s and now is of seventh magnitude; the nebula is the brightest infrared object in the nighttime sky.
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Origin of Eta Carinae
New Latin: Eta (seventh) of Carina
Words nearby Eta Carinae
esu, esurient, E. Sussex, et, eta, Eta Carinae, eta-c meson, eta-c particle, etaerio, étagère, e-tail
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