I can't find it elsewhere on this board, but there are plenty descriptions of what happens to viewing at near light speeds.

My guess is that this scenerio is no different (within reason) than a the straight line example of what things at the side would look like.

As you near light speed, things toward the back of you shift forward. If you think of that single photon from the center, it would be approaching you at a 90 degree angle. Because of your speed, you would see it as coming nearly from a 45 degree angle. In other words, the arm of the centrifuge would appear to bend forward.

What I don't know is if it would be red or blue shifted based on that 45 or the 90 (which would imply no shift).

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