Eta Carinae

1) Discovered in 1677
2) Important because several x-ray and gamma-ray sources
3) Size: 23.6R0
4) 7,500 light-years from the Sun
5) Luminous blue variable
Betelgeuse
1) Discovered in 1836
2) Ninth brightest star in the night sky and second brightest in the constellation of
Orion
3) 950~1200 R0
4) 180 lights years from the sun
5) II supernova