Eta Carina event predicted Jan 11 2009

[kinetic]

Hi,

Found this while browsing for good Eta Carina Neb pics to
compare my own shot's colour balance to:

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/newsblog/26181804.html

and here for the Portuguese site:
http://www.etacarinae.iag.usp.br/

Probably nothing that a mere amateur could see (a new binary companion discovery ), but we may see Eta Carina go supernova! Who knows! :)

Might be worth imaging Eta in the next few nights just in case the
night sky turns white on Jan 12:D

Pic attached: close up of Eta and a wisp of Humunculous visible in one
of my best luminosity shots from Dec 02 2008

regards,
Steve B

[AlexN]

Great pick up Steve... I'll keep my eye out for a brightening in the clouds! :D lol..

Interesting read.. its times like this I wish I had a smaller, mono chip and BVIR filters... would be just the ticket for imaging something along these lines I think..

Cheers for the link mate
Alex.