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The super-massive star Eta Carinae (more than 100 times more massive than our Sun, making
it one of the most massive stars in our galaxy) after going supernova 150 years ago. Amazingly, it
appears to have survived the explosion. Two lobes of matter make a dumbell shape, with a disk between them.
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