Gazing up at the man in the star?

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An artists rendition of Altair a star that spins so quickly it stretches at its equator. Astronomers have now captured an image of Altair with such fine detail that variations can be seen on the stars surface. Credit: Zina Deretsky National Science F ...
An artist's rendition of Altair, a star that spins so quickly it stretches at its equator. Astronomers have now captured an image of Altair with such fine detail that variations can be seen on the star's surface. Credit: Zina Deretsky, National Science Foundation

Researchers take picture of the face of Altair, a first for a star like our own
Using a suite of four telescopes, astronomers have captured an image of Altair, one of the closest stars to our own and a fixture in the summer sky.


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