A runaway star lights the Flaming Star Nebula in this cosmic scene. Otherwise known as IC 405, the Flaming Star Nebula's billowing interstellar clouds of gas and dust lie about 1,500 light-years away toward the constellation of Auriga.
At the center of a spiral galaxy 11 million light-years away, the Hubble Telescope saw a bright, whitish patch surrounded by a mixture of stars, gas and dust.