AE Auriga is one of the skies bright stars and in this image is pictured along with the Flaming Star Nebula. The star is an O-type star and produces an energized glow of hydrogen making it so bright. Astronomers believe that this star was born in the Orion Nebula. It is believed to have been ejected from this region along with another O-type star, Mu Colombae. These two runaway stars have been drifting in opposite directions ever since.
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