  We present the results of exploratory HST observations to detect the emission
lines of ions in the Beta Pic disk with the spectrograph slit placed off the
star. Possible emission lines from FeII have been detected at $\sim
10^{-14}$erg cm-2 s-1 at 0.5 arcsec from Beta Pic, which would suggest a total
FeII density of > 2.$10^{-2}$ cm-3 at 10 AU. This detection needs confirmation.
If real, it requires a large production rate of gas and dust equivalent to the
total disruption of ten bodies 30 kilometers in radius per year.
