Correction.The wrong caption and credit were printed for one image in "Temperamental tem·per·a·men·tal adj. 1. Relating to or caused by temperament: our temperamental differences. 2. Excessively sensitive or irritable; moody. 3. Monsters" (SN: 9/23/06, p. 200). Here is the correct information. DISTANT OUTBURST--The bright, massive star V1 (arrow) in the galaxy NGC NGC New General Catalogue (of Nebulae and Star Clusters; astronomy) NGC National Geographic Channel (TV) NGC National Guideline Clearinghouse 2363, which lies about 11 million light-years from Earth, is undergoing an outburst less violent than the one that convulsed Eta Carinae Eta Carinae (η Carinae or η Car) is a highly luminous hypergiant double star. Estimates of its mass range from 100–150 times the mass of the Sun, and its luminosity is about four million times that of the Sun. in the mid-19th century. V1 may have experienced other outbursts in the recent past. |
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