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Vega: what it looks like!

Raoul — 3/6/2006 6:09:08 PM (archived)

http://www.noao.edu/outreach/press/pr06/images/vega-vs-sun.gif

It's much cooler and darker at its equator and has a bulge.

Vega

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Vega: what it looks like! - Raoul - 3/6/2006 6:09:08 PM
- First Results from the CHARA Array VII: Long-Baseline Interferometric Measurements of Vega Consistent with a Pole-On, Rapidly Rotating Star - ljk - 3/15/2006 9:58:11 PM
  - Vega is a rapidly rotating star - ljk - 3/21/2006 8:42:30 PM
    - Lots of information on Vega at Sol Station - ljk - 3/23/2006 4:36:11 PM

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