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Nebula IC 405 and runaway star AE Aurigae
author: A.Block/MLSC/Univ.of Az/Novapix
reference: a-nec04-05009
Image Size 300 DPI: 45 * 30 cm
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.
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