Journal article
Rest et al. reply
Abstract
Replying to K. Davidson & R. M. Humphreys Nature486,http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature11166(2012).In our Letter1 reporting the light echoes of η Carinae we analysed the spectral characteristics of η Carinae during the Great Eruption of the mid-1800s, and found the line content to be similar to that of G supergiant stars. This we interpret as evidence that η Carinae’s Great Eruption was not a typical luminous blue variable (LBV) outburst, because …
Authors
Rest A; Prieto JL; Walborn NR; Smith N; Bianco FB; Chornock R; Welch DL; Howell DA; Huber ME; Foley RJ
Journal
Nature, Vol. 486, No. 7403, pp. e1–e2
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
June 2012
DOI
10.1038/nature11167
ISSN
0028-0836