![Dusty disk around HD 34700 A](https://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/thumb700x/noirlab2212c.jpg)
International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/E. Rich (Michigan University)
Dusty disk around HD 34700 A
The dusty disk around HD 34700 A is part of a survey of 44 young massive stars to investigate planet formation in dusty, swirling disks — likely to become new solar systems. The image was taken with the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) instrument on the Gemini South telescope of the International Gemini Observatory, a Program of NSF NOIRLab.