File:IC 405 and IC 410- The Flaming Star Nebula (noao-ic405block).jpg

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IC 405 is the red/blue nebula to the left of center. It is being illuminated by the energetic star AE Aurigae (embedded in the nebula). However AE Aurigae's story is inextricably linked to another star called Mu Columbae. Around 2.

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English: IC 405 is the red/blue nebula to the left of center. It is being illuminated by the energetic star AE Aurigae (embedded in the nebula). However AE Aurigae's story is inextricably linked to another star called Mu Columbae. Around 2.7 million years ago these two stars formed and had a close encounter with one another in the Great Orion Nebula. The encounter was so close (another star was certainly involved) that each of them was ejected from the Orion complex never to return again. Currently these stars are 66 degrees away from one another in the sky. Astronomer's discovered these two runaway stars by measuring their apparent (fast) motion and noting that if you work backwards in time- the origin is in the same place at the same time! But AE Auriga is certainly the more glamorous of the two stars since it just happens to be moving through a region of gas that makes it look like a "Flaming Star."This image was taken as part of Advanced Observing Program (AOP) program during 2014 at Kitt Peak Visitor Center.
Date 6 June 2014, 09:29:00 (upload date)
Source IC 405 and IC 410: The Flaming Star Nebula
Author KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Adam Block
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