Although much smaller than Achernar, Altair's globe is caught on camera with an expected off-spherical shape due to its rotation velocity (280km/s). It is the twelfth brightest star in the night sky and the alpha (brightest) star in the constelation Aquilae.
MEADE 14” LX200, SBIG ST2K. Exposure time: .05 seconds in high resolution.
Image development in CCDops, Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended
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