Wow!

[martin_h 2,252]

http://sci.esa.int/herschel/50254-herschel-image-of-fomalhaut-and-its-debris-disc/

[Knighty2112 4,097]

Superb image. Amazing how much they can pick up now!  

[xtreemchaos 14,569]

great link and subject thanks. a solar systems first steps, I never thought I would see that, Herschel has payed for its self in one image in my eyes.  charl.

[Ravenous 108]

There's a more recent image here:

https://public.nrao.edu/news/2017-alma-ring-fomalhaut/

The ring is icy stuff (from ALMA), the star is in the central blob (which is not resolved here), the blue details are from a Hubble image.  The darkened central bit is caused by a disc used to occult the bright starlight, to prevent it swamping the rest of the Hubble image.

[MarsG76 4,723]

That is phenomenal.

 

[Astro Imp 3,594]

The pace of research is just phenomenal. Not so long ago we were confidently informed it would never be possible to image any star other than our own.