A Herbig Ae/Be star is a pre-main-sequence star – a young star of spectral types A or B. These stars are still embedded in gas-dust envelopes and are sometimes accompanied by circumstellar disks. Hydr
IRAS 12196-6300 is located just under 2300 light-years from Earth.
Herbig Ae/Be Star V1025 Tauri from the Mount Lemmon SkyCenter
AB Aurigae b is a directly imaged protoplanet or proto-brown dwarf embedded within the protoplanetary disk of the young, Herbig Ae/Be star AB Aurigae. The system is about 508 light-years away: AB Aur
The inner region of protoplanetary disk of AB Aurigae as seen by the SPHERE instrument of the VLT in polarised light. It also shows the very-bright-yellow ‘twist’ where a planet is believed to be forming .
Artist impression of AB Aur b
Stacked image of Dimorphos true orientation