# η CARINAE'S DUSTY HOMUNCULUS NEBULA FROM NEAR-INFRARED TO SUBMILLIMETER WAVELENGTHS: MASS, COMPOSITION, AND EVIDENCE FOR FADING OPACITY.

@article{Morris2017CD,
title={$\eta$ CARINAE'S DUSTY HOMUNCULUS NEBULA FROM NEAR-INFRARED TO SUBMILLIMETER WAVELENGTHS: MASS, COMPOSITION, AND EVIDENCE FOR FADING OPACITY.},
author={Patrick William Morris and T R Gull and D. John Hillier and Michael J. Barlow and Pierre Royer and K. Nielsen and John H. Black and Bruce M. Swinyard},
journal={The Astrophysical journal},
year={2017},
volume={842 2}
}
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