This image of HH 30 shows the young star (hidden from view) surrounded by a thin dark disk, which extends about 430 AU from left to right in the image. The stellar light reflects off the upper anad lower disk surfaces, producing a pari of reddish nebulae divided by the dark dust lane. HH 30 emits a powerful gas jet, here shown in green.

Image taken with the HST's WFPC2 camera.
Photo redit: Chris Burrows (STScI), the WFPC2 Science Team and NASA
Taken from STSci Press Releases 9/2/99

Last Updated: 12 February 1999

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