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Mu Columbae comparison table

Subject	is part of	is a kind of	is an instance of	has definition
runaway star		early star		Star of spectral type O or early B with unusually high space velocities. Runaway stars are thought to be produced when there is a supernova explosion in a close binary system.
Mu Columbae	Columba		runaway star	Runaway star which diverges from a comparatively small area in Orion.

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