One thing that I found out recently that blew my mind, is according to gravity calculations, neutron stars bend light almost as much as black holes, but because

One thing that I found out recently that blew my mind, is according to gravity calculations, neutron stars bend light almost as much as black holes, but because they still emit light from their surface, this means you would be able to see basically the entire star at once. I.e. You would be able to see the front and the back of the star simultaneously. It looks like a weird morphing Mercator projected map. Here is a random video showing the idea, I have no idea how precise the simulation is though. https://youtu.be/9H4NezwJ_ak?si=MV2V6AaG92tu-17n https://youtu.be/9H4NezwJ_ak?si=MV2V6AaG92tu-17n