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 ...