>>12579644I'm pretty sure that even in this photo, the actual stars are but small dots. Even our closest neighbors are still very far away. But stars are bright as fuuuuuuuuuuck so they create a huge lensing effect
As a side note I went down an autistic rabbit hole last year and did a bunch of wikipedia binging on close stars that have been directly imaged. Besides Betelgeuse, I think Antares looks really good. You can see the differences that form on the surface
