Description: Eta Carinae and the Supernova Impostors, Hardcover by Davidson, Kris (EDT); Humphreys, Roberta M. (EDT), ISBN 1461422744, ISBN-13 9781461422747, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US In 1965 Fritz Zwicky proposed a class of supernovae that he called "Type V", described as "excessively faint at maximum". There were only two members, SN1961v and Eta Carinae. We now know that Eta Carinae was not a true supernova, but if it were observed today in a distant galaxy we would call it a "supernova impostor". 170 years ago it experienced a "great eruption" lasting 20 years, expelling 10 solar masses or more, and survived. Eta Carinae is now acknowledged as the most massive, most luminous star in our region of the Galaxy, and it may be our only example of a very massive star in a pre-supernova state. In this book the editors and contributing authors review its remarkable history, physical state of the star and its ejecta, and its continuing instability. Chapters also include its relation to other massive, unstable stars, the massive star progenitors of supernovae, and the "first" stars in the Universe.
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Book Title: Eta Carinae and the Supernova Impostors
Number of Pages: X, 330 Pages
Publication Name: Eta Carinae and the Supernova Impostors
Language: English
Publisher: Springer New York
Subject: Physics / Astrophysics, Astronomy
Publication Year: 2012
Item Weight: 23.8 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Science
Item Length: 9.3 in
Author: Roberta M. Humphreys
Item Width: 6.1 in
Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library
Format: Hardcover
