Probing a New Type of Stellar Explosion

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Probing a New Type of Stellar Explosion

Gemini GNIRS spectroscopy of a region (spectroscopic slit aperture indicated by white box on HST image, above) of the nebulosity around Eta Carinae. Bottom image shows the resulting position-velocity plot used to determine velocities of gas in the nebula.

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