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Description: This is one of the light echoes caused by the Eta Carinae eruption. I used archived DECam images to create a gif that spans over 3 years. The position is similar to the light echo studied by Smith et al. 2018, but they used to study only a small part. Image Credit: NSF, AURA, NOAO Telescope: CTIO Blanco 4 metre telescope Instument: DECam filters: g, r, i RA: 161.02426 d DEC: -60.307519 d Epochs: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 Software: NOAO Data Lab, SAO DS9, Photoshop Elements 12 Image Processing: Melina Thévenot
Title: Eta Carinae light echo
Credit: NOAO Data lab + Own work
Author: Meli thev
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
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