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Nov 30, 2009
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E'ta Cari'nae




a star and its surrounding nebula in the constellation Carina: the star was brighter than every star except Sirius in the 1840s and now is of seventh magnitude; the nebula is the brightest infrared object in the nighttime sky.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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