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name: μ Col
constellation: Col
created_by: 8mag
created_date: 2022-01-21 17:00:00
updated_by: skybber
updated_date: 2022-01-25 15:37:59.475012
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a very interesting star, one of a trio of stars that emerge from the constellation Orion. Together with 53 Ari and AE Aur, it apparently once formed a star system in the constellation Orion, the fourth component of which exploded as a supernova 2-3 billion years ago, disrupting the stability of the other three and causing them to gradually move away from their original location. In our galaxy, μ Col is moving at around 100 km/s.