Star Eta Carinae
Posted in Astronomy, Chemistry at 12:00 on 25 February 2019
This is from Astronomy Picture of the Day for 20/2/19.
Eta Carinae is set to explode in a supernova – sometime.
The unusual nebula that surrounds it puts me in mind of a one of the sets of atomic orbitals wherein electrons occur round the nucleus of an atom. Specifically a p orbital.
Tags: APOD, Astronomy Picture of the Day, Chemistry, Eta Carinae, p orbital
