Disk Around Young Star. A View of HH 30
Depicts: Herbig-Haro 30, HH 30
Copyright: Chris Burrows (STScI), the WFPC2 Science Team and NASA
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This Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) image shows
Herbig-Haro 30 (HH 30), the prototype of a young star surrounded by a
thin, dark disk and emitting powerful gaseous jets. The disk extends 40
billion miles from left to right in the image, dividing the nebula in
two. The central star is hidden from direct view, but its light reflects
off the upper and lower surfaces of the disk to produce the pair of
reddish nebulae. The gas jets are shown in green.
Last Update: 1 September 2019