HH 30 model comparison

(Left): The HST/WFPC2 image of the HH 30 disk

(Right): A computer generated image of the disk based on a mathematical model of the dust illuminated by the central star.

Credit:

Chris Burrows (STScI) and the WFPC2 Science Team

About the Image

NASA press release
Id:opo9905g
Type:Collage
Release date:9 February 1999, 19:00
Size:850 x 505 px

About the Object

Name:HH 30
Type:Milky Way : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Young Stellar Object
Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Disk
Distance:450 light years
Category:Stars

Image Formats

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Colours & filters

BandWavelengthTelescope
Optical
R
675 nm Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2

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