oblong stars - Vega and Altair

[fsgregs]

Hi. I have just discovered a strange bug occuring in 1.6.1. When I go to either Vega or Altair, both stars are oblong in shape. Here is a screenshot.



I have a Nvidia video card with recently updated drivers, and have not encountered this with other Type A stars, or any other stars so far.

Is this occurring to anyone else? Any help would be appreciated.

Frank

[ajtribick]

This is not a bug.

See for example:

Peterson et al. (2006) "Vega is a rapidly rotating star"
Monnier et al. (2007) "Imaging the Surface of Altair"

[fsgregs]

Thanks. I never knew that!

Frank