Gaia, Trumpler 16, and Eta Carinae


Kris Davidson^1, Greta Helmel^2, Roberta Humphreys^1

1 University of Minnesota
2 Macalester College

Gaia parallaxes for the star cluster Tr 16 reveal a discrepancy in the oft-quoted distance of Eta Carinae. It is probably more distant and more luminous. Moreover, many presumed members may not belong to Tr 16.

Reference: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1808.02073.pdf,
RNAAS 2:133, 2018
Status: Manuscript has been accepted

Weblink: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018RNAAS...2c.133D

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