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E′ta Cari′nae, 
  1. Astronomya 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.
  • Neo-Latin: Eta (seventh) of Carina


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