from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altair

Quote :

"Image of the rapidly rotating star Altair, made with the MIRC imager on the CHARA array on Mt. Wilson"

from http://jumk.de/astronomie/special-stars/altair.shtml

Quote :

"Altair is one of the fastest rotating stars we know of. In 6.5 hours it rotates once. The smaller Sun needs 600 hours for this. Due to its fast rotation Altair ist strongly oblate on its poles."

freaking awesome

[Edited on June 17, 2009 at 5:29 PM. Reason : .]

6/17/2009 5:22:59 PM

explain further....

6/17/2009 5:24:25 PM

it's a rapidly spinning star that flattens out about it's equator... it doesn't look a sphere

that picture I showed you is a real image with a referenced overlay... not an artistic representation

it's one of the few imaged stars (there's like 4 that's have a real width to them... not just a pixel)

[Edited on June 17, 2009 at 5:28 PM. Reason : .]

6/17/2009 5:27:44 PM

6/17/2009 5:37:32 PM

bttmft

6/17/2009 9:49:05 PM

Quote :

"ISN'T STRONGLY OBLATE"

6/17/2009 9:54:01 PM

your mom is strongly oblate on its poles

6/17/2009 9:57:27 PM

this star is like "Hey guyz, I rotate so fast that I'm squished!"

and a neutron star is like "Haha, loser, you call that 'squished'? I'm so squished that I'm composed almost entirely of neutrons!"

and a black hole is like "You guys are both lame"

6/17/2009 10:38:44 PM

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6/17/2009 10:48:52 PM

6/17/2009 10:49:40 PM

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6/18/2009 10:35:52 AM

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6/18/2009 10:37:25 AM

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6/18/2009 11:14:07 AM

i thought it was going to be a picture of someone's asshole

6/18/2009 11:16:55 AM

i was interested in this till I spooled around the net enough to run into IMAGINARY TIME
i guess my mind is just too unpliable to not let such an idea drive me mad

6/18/2009 2:41:06 PM

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6/21/2009 11:10:00 PM

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6/21/2009 11:10:00 PM