Carina and the Heaven's Altar

Inspired by the star system Eta Carinae in the constellation of Carina. Eta Carinae is a star system, lying about 7500 light years from Earth. It underwent giant outbursts, when it became one of the brightest stars in the southern sky. Though the star released as much visible light as supernova would have produced, it survived the outburst. Eta Carinae is known by its traditional name - Tseen She ( "Heaven's altar" in Chinese). It is still expected to end its life as a supernova or hypernova in the relatively near future: some believe that we will definitely live to see the end of Eta Carinae.