Observing the Massive Binary η Carinae with BRITE

Noel D. Richardson, Herbert Pablo, Anthony F. J. Moffat, Christiaan Sterken, Andrzej Pigulski, Gloria Koenigsberger, Gregg A. Wade and the BRITE Team

η Carinae was observed both during 2016 and 2017 with the BRITE nanosatellites. We found two coherent photometric variations that we interpret as possible tidally excited oscillations. We briefly review the system and present our essential findings here.

Proceedings of the Polish Astronomical Society, vol. 8, 123-127 (2018)

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