
%0 Journal Article
%A Wade, CM 
%T The Eta Carinae Nebula and Centaurus A Near 1400 Mc/s. II. Physical Discussion of the Eta Carinae Nebula
%J Australian Journal of Physics
%D 1959/12/01
%V 12
%N 4
%P 418-429
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/PH590418
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/PH590418 
%X The 1400 Mcls observations of NGC 3372 described in Paper I (Hindman and Wade 1959) are discussed. Comparison of the flux densities at 85· 5 Mcls (Mills, Little, and Sheridan 1956) and at 1400 Mcls leads to a value of 10,000±1000 OK for the electron temperature of the nebula. Unpublished optical measurements of the distribution of surface brightness across the object, made by Gum, indicate that there is a dense core about 24 min of arc in diameter, surrounded by a much less dense region with a diameter of 120 min of arc. 
