... Be Stars . ... Magnetic Stars . ... Magnetic fields in stars are common. ... The earliest star known to have a magnetic field is the O-star 1 Ori C, one of trapezium stars in the central cluster of the Orion nebula of spectral type O6. ... The non-existence of more rapidly rotating magnetic stars was thought to be an immediate consequence of the magnetic field: The field would help the star to get rid of angular momentum by forcing the wind into co-rotation, and so to brake down the star. ...