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George's Random Astronomical Object episodes
- Object 179: Ear of WheatSpica in the constellation Virgo is a well-studied binary star system that also ionizes the interstellar gas that surrounds it.10 min
- Object 178: As Flat as the Argentinian PampasThe Fourcade-Figueroa Galaxy is another example of a very flat disk galaxy seen edge-on from Earth, but that's not the only thing that makes this galaxy unusual.9 min
- Object 177: LowThe gravitationally lensed quasar SBS 1520+530 has been used in a unique way to measure the Hubble constant, but the derived value is rather low.11 min
- Object 176: The Star Hidden Behind the Interstellar Equivalent of Complicated Tax FormsHD 210121 is a fairly ordinary blue star located behind a relatively thick cloud of interstellar gas and dust, providing astronomers with a unique opportinity to study that dust.8 min
- Object 175: Counterintuitive Supernova ExplosionsThe Cepheus Flare is a nearby regions where a series of supernova explosions have counterintuitively triggered the formation of stars.10 min
- Object 174: Toy ExoplanetsThe red dwarf TOI-700 has at least four exoplanets orbiting it, and two of them are Earth-sized exoplanets lying within the star system's habitable zone.11 min
- Object 173: The Hot CalibratorG191-B2B is a hot white dwarf with a layer of nearly pure oxygen that has been used as a flux calibration source for one particularly famous telescope.11 min
- Object 172: Lego Minifigures with MasersVY Canis Majoris is not only much, much larger than the Sun but is also ejecting blobs of gas that are forming molecules and dust.10 min
- Object 171: Guess Again3C 324 was once identified as a possible gravitational lens where one galaxy was bending the light from a galaxy behind it, but it turned out to be something different.9 min
- Object 170: Don't Forget the FeedbackNGC 2639 may look like an ordinary spiral galaxy, but it contains an active galactic nucleus with jets of gas that have emerged from that nucleus in four different directions, which is, to use the technical term, quite weird.9 min
About George's Random Astronomical Object
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George's Random Astronomical Object is a biweekly astronomy podcast featuring science discussions about astronomical objects at randomly selected locations in the sky. The wide range of topics…
discussed in the show include stars, variable stars, variable variable stars, supermassive black holes, ultracool dwarf stars, exoplanets, howler monkeys, infrared radiation, acronyms, more acronyms, starbursts, measurements of less than 12 parsecs, jellyfish galaxies, diffuse ionized gas, and general overall weirdness.
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