Talk:Carina Nebula

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Contents 1 Proper name 2 Requested move 2.1 Survey 2.2 Discussion

[edit] Proper name

The nebula is not called the Eta Carinae nebula, it is the Carina Nebula or the Great Nebula in Carina. The Eta Carinae nebula is also known as the Homonculus and is the much smaller nebula surrounding the star. --Keflavich 01:23, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

• Simbad disagrees, it say that "Eta Carinae Nebula" is the common name. And when it comes to Astronomical Objects, Simbad and Ned are gods. Chris H 16:18, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
  • While it's amusing that you consider NED and Simbad gods of naming conventions (heck, why not?), I don't get those same results. A search for the "Eta Carinae Nebula" or the "Eta Carina Nebula" turns up nothing. Of course, under NGC 3772, the names listed include Eta Car Nebula, but not Eta Carinae Nebula (see [1]). One of the other names listed, the Keyhole Nebula, is only a part of the Carina nebula. I think the wikipedia name should be "Carina Nebula" for a few reasons:
    • 1. avoids confusion with the Homonculus and Little Homonculus, which are more directly associated with Eta Car
    • 2. the name on the picture from HST/Smith et al. is the Carina Nebula
    • 3. APOD refers to it as Carina Nebula and even links to it here as Carina Nebula. APOD is a higher source than SIMBAD! (the latter is purely subjective and probably not true)
    • 4. I think most astronomers refer to it as the carina nebula, but I could be biased by talking only to those who do --Keflavich 00:38, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
      • I agree with you, Keflavitch. This is more commonly known as the Carina nebula; I was very surprised at the redirect. The title Eta Carinae Nebula would be more suited to the ejections of the star Eta Carinae itself, aka the Homonculus. The most obvious reason for this is that the Carina nebula is not composed of matter coming from Eta Carinae, and the name therefore comes from the fact that it is a large nebula in the constellation Carina. Eta Carinae is a feature of the Carina nebula.

Carina Nebula is not just the more accurate name, it's the most common name. A Google image search for "Carina Nebula" brings photographs of this larger nebula, and a search for "Eta Carinae" brings up images of the star itself and the homunculus. For these reasons I am submitting this article to requested moves for review. ▫ Urbane Legend ^chinwag 15:33, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Requested move

Consensus was in favour of the move. --bainer (talk) 13:55, 9 November 2007 (UTC)