Published:
February 21, 2011
 Using interferometers, astronomers have imaged Altair to study its rapid rotation, which makes the star more oblate than spherical; maged Betelgeuse’s disk and found that it’s shrinking; and imaged the mysterious transit of Epsilon Aurigae. Altair: Ming Zhao, University of Michigan; Betelgeuse: Xavier Haubois (Observatoire de Paris), et al.; Epsilon Aurigae: John D. Monnier, University of Michigan
Interferometers in the Southern Hemisphere have examined Alpha Centauri, but as far as I am aware, no image of the system has yet been made.
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