Detection of a hot binary companion of η carinae
@article{Iping2005DetectionOA,
title={Detection of a hot binary companion of η carinae},
author={R. Iping and G. Sonneborn and T. Gull and D. Massa and D. Hillier},
journal={The Astrophysical Journal},
year={2005},
volume={633}
}We report the detection of a hot companion of η Carinae using high-resolution spectra (905-1180 A) obtained with the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) satellite. Observations were obtained at two epochs of the 2024 day orbit: 2003 June, during ingress to the 2003.5 X-ray eclipse, and 2004 April, several months after egress. These data show that essentially all the far-UV flux from η Car shortward of Lyα disappeared at least 2 days before the start of the X-ray eclipse (2003 June 29… Expand
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