IC 405 is an emission and reflection nebula in the constellation Auriga north of the celestial equator, surrounding the bluish, irregular variable star AE Aurigae. It shines at magnitude +6.0. Its cel
AE Aurigae
…AE Aurigae (abbreviated as AE Aur) is a runaway star in the constellation Auriga; it lights the Flaming Star Nebula. AE Aurigae is a blue O-type main sequence star with a mean apparent magnitude of +6.0, making it faintly visible to the naked eye under very good…
Amateur picture taken with a Canon R6 DSLR and a 110mm ED refractor of the Flaming Star nebula around AE Aurigae
White light image of the Flaming Star Nebula showing the "smoke" of the reflection nebula.