This shows the emission from the disk of dust surrounding the star Beta-Pictoris. On the left is an image at 70 microns from Herschel, (Olofsson et al., SDP Presentations, Madrid, Dec 2009) and on the right is the ALMA test data at 870 microns showing the denser material in the central region.
Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)
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