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Perculiar object in Eta Carina
Hi everyone,
A recent image I did of the Eta Carina nebula shows something perculiar
and I was wondering if anyone knows what it is ? (Perhaps it is nothing
at all and just an interesting arrangement of light and nebula).
The perculiar object that caught my attention is a star which appears to
have a bi-polar searchlight beaming out from it. In other words, the star
appears to be throwing off a beam of light from each side (perhaps from its
polar regions).
At first, I thought it might be an optical reflection but none of the other stars in the image suffer from the effect. The star is catalogued as Tycho 8626-2154-1 Mag. 10.1 (GSC Star 8626-2154) located at R.A. 10h 46m 13s Dec. -59º 59' 51"
Image 1; shows where in the Eta Carina Nebula the star is located.
Image 2; shows a closeup of the general area where the star and its beams of light can be seen at centre-bottom of the image.
Image 3; is a 100% resolution image of the area where the star is located.
Image 4; The final image has drawn on it where the star with searchlights
is located.
Any opinions are welcome, as I said it may be just nothing at all just an
interesting feature.
Paul
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