# Eta Carinae / Argus

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eta\_Carinae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eta_Carinae)

[Carina Nebula](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carina_Nebula)

-Eruptions:  
\--1827: William John Burchell notes Eta Carinae brighter than usual  
\--1830s: John Herschel tracks the brightness of EC from South Africa, noting that it outshone Rigel in 1837, and was even brighter in 1838  
\--1843: March 11th to 14th, Peak Brightness