I wasn’t interpreting “sees” literally, but it wouldn’t make much of a difference. Since the observer is in the center of the circle, the light lag is the same everywhere. The only difference is that the circles bordering the bands will look slightly slanted, and the colors will be slightly blue-shifted.
I think you’re right, but you’re interpreting “sees” literally I’m not 100% sure of that, because of light aberration (the Terrell-Penrose effect).
I wasn’t interpreting “sees” literally, but it wouldn’t make much of a difference. Since the observer is in the center of the circle, the light lag is the same everywhere. The only difference is that the circles bordering the bands will look slightly slanted, and the colors will be slightly blue-shifted.