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Nebula IC 405 and runaway star AE Aurigae

by

V.Toporenko /Dss/Novapix

Reference

a-nec04-05006

Date

2006-12-06

The Flaming Star Nebula, IC 405, surrounds the variable star AE Aurigae. AE Aurigae is normally a 5.96 magnitude star of spectral class O. The star AE Aurigae itself is very bright, young, blue, and known as a runaway star since it appears to have been ejected from the Orion Nebula region about 2.5 million years ago. Composite image obtained by the Oschin telescope refractor at the Palomar Observatory, USA.