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EtaCarinaeAspossiblythegalaxy’s(银河)mostmassivestar,EtaCarinaeisnowengaginginsomeveryunusualbehaviour.Australianastronomers,beingintheSouthernHemisphere(半球),areabletoobserveitclearly.
Inthe19thcentury,EtaCarinaewasforatimethethirdbrighteststarinthesky.Ithasnowbecomelessbrightsothatbinoculars(双筒望远镜)areneededtoseeit.“Itseemstobebrighteningandbecominglessbrightoveraperiodofmanyyears”,saidDrBobDuncanfromtheAustraliaTelescopeNationalFacility.
Whileitisnotunusualforstarstovaryinbrightness,theperiodisusuallymuchshorter.“Since1992ithasbecomefourtimesbrighter,andthenlastyearitbegantodropdramatically,”hesaid
TheprobleminobservingEtaCarinaeisthatithasbeensurroundedbyacloudofgasanddust,makingithardtoseethestardirectly.However,radiowavesandinfraredlight(红外线)canpassthroughthiscloud,sotelescopesthatreceivethesewavelengthscanobservewhatisoccurring.
EtaCarinaeisofparticularinteresttoastronomersbecauseitseemstobeinitsdeaththroes(剧痛).Beingsolargeitwillendupasasupernova(超新星).Therehasnotbeenasupernovainourgalaxysincetheinventionofthetelescope.Whilea1987explosioninanearbygalaxygaveastronomersplentyofvaluabledata,theyarehungryforanevencloserlook.
EtaCarinaehasotheruniquefeatures,andistheonlystarknowntoproduceanultraviolet(紫外线)laserthatisbrighterthanthatproducedbytheSun.Lasershavebeenobservedinotherfrequenciesfromafew&
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