Altair
Altair, a star spinning so fast its mid-section is stretched out has been directly measured by an ultra-high-resolution NASA telescope system on Palomar Mountain near San Diego.
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NASA ID
PIA04204
Date Created
December 1, 1999
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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