Disk Around Young Star. A View of HH 30
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 (about 64 billion kilometres) 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.
Credit:About the Image
About the Object
Name: | HH 30 |
Type: | Milky Way : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Young Stellar Object Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Disk Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Jet |
Distance: | 450 light years |
Category: | Nebulae |
Colours & filters
Band | Telescope |
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Optical |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |