Zooming in on the Oph-IRS 48 system

6 June, 2013 / Read time: 1 minute

This video zooms in on the Oph-IRS 48 system where a dust trap allowing dust particles to grow and spawn bigger bodies has been observed for the first time.
Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Nick Risinger (skysurvey.org )/ Digitized Sky Survey 2/S. Guisard (eso.org/~sguisard). Music: movetwo