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The Company Eta Carinae Keeps: Stellar and Interstellar Content of the Carina Nebula

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The remarkable, interrelated stellar and nebular constituents of η Carinae’s habitat, the giant Carina Nebula (NGC 3372), are reviewed. They are relevant to the interpretation of η Car itself. They include some of the hottest and most massive O stars known, frequently in close multiple systems; mysterious nebular structures; recently recognized ongoing star formation; the most extreme high-velocity interstellar absorption-line profiles in the Galaxy; and both stellar and diffuse X-ray sources.

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Walborn, N.R. (2012). The Company Eta Carinae Keeps: Stellar and Interstellar Content of the Carina Nebula. In: Davidson, K., Humphreys, R. (eds) Eta Carinae and the Supernova Impostors. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 384. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-2275-4_2

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