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AE Aurigae and the Flaming Star Nebula
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an image of the sky with stars in it and some bright red colors on top
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Carl Sagan Cosmos

IC 405 is named the Flaming Star Nebula,The material that appears as smoke is mostly interstellar hydrogen, but does contain smoke-like dark filaments of carbon-rich dust grains. The bright star AE Aurigae, visible near the nebula center, is so hot it is blue, emitting light so energetic it knocks electrons away from surrounding gas. When a proton recaptures an electron, red light is frequently emitted, as seen in the surrounding emission nebula.
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