1. Society of Physics Students Intern Program Nick Durofchalk A Summer with Eta Carinae

2. ABOUT ME

3. Background Information About Eta Carinae

4. The Night Sky – Southern Hemisphere

5. Carina Nebula

6. Eta Carinae

8. X-Ray Observations X-Ray Light Curve data collected and analyzed by Michael Corcoran et al

9. Colliding Wind Structure Model simulated by Tom Madura Slow, Dense Wind from Primary Fast, less dense Wind from Companion High temperatures resulting from Wind-Wind Collision

10. X-Ray Periodic Deep Minimum X-Ray Light Curve data collected and analyzed by Michael Corcoran et al Deep minimum

11. Binarity Primary Star ~90 Solar Masses Companion Star ~40 Solar Masses

12. X-Ray Flux Model simulated by Tom Madura Cooler temperatures while companion is within wind-radius of primary

13. X-Ray Periodic Deep Minimum X-Ray Light Curve data collected and analyzed by Michael Corcoran et al

14. Research About my summer work The Internationl Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) Space Telescope

15. Sample Ultraviolet Spectrum

16. 2507 / 2509 Å Fe II Emission Complex

17. The Emission Feature at Different Times

18. Analysis

19. Results: Strength of the Emission Lines over Time

20. Results: Comparison Total Emission Line Flux and Local Continuum Flux over Time

21. Flux to Continuum Ratio over Phpase 9

22. Further Investigations STIS IUE

23. Theodore Gull Tom Madura, Mike Corcoran, Kenji Hamaguchi Caleb Gimar, Jamar Liburd SPS Staff NASA Goddard Acknowledgments

24. International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE)

25. Aperture Differences

26. IDL Programming