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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 discus... more
FAQs about George's Random Astronomical Object:How many episodes does George's Random Astronomical Object have?The podcast currently has 165 episodes available.
February 24, 2020Object 15: Calibrated VariabilityDespite the variability of the gamma radiation from J0510+1800, this blazar is used as a flux calibrator at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths....more14minPlay
February 10, 2020Object 14: Exoplanetary Acronym 103bWASP-103 has an acronym for a name and also has a gaseous planet orbiting so close to it that the planet is in danger of being destroyed....more11minPlay
January 27, 2020Object 13: Stellar Companion Facial ReconstructionBV Centaurus is an unusual example of a class of U Gem cataclysmic variable stars in which a white dwarf is stripping gas from a companion star....more8minPlay
January 13, 2020Object 12: Watching Infrared Paint DryELAIS N1 is a extragalactic deep field selected specifically for identifying many distant, faint galaxies at infrared wavelengths....more11minPlay
December 30, 2019Object 11: Howling Fast Differential RotationPsi Capricorni was the first star other than the Sun where the phenomenon of differental rotation was ever measured....more10minPlay
December 16, 2019Object 10: Ram Your JellyfishAbell 85 is a large, nearby cluster of galaxies with so many things happening inside that it could be called a ball of chaos....more12minPlay
December 02, 2019Object 9: A Cruise Holiday with a Peculiar Carbon StarThe star HD 214714 contains not only a large amount of carbon in its stellar atmosphere but also a peculiar combination of other heavy elements as well....more10minPlay
November 18, 2019Object 8: A Misbehaving LIRGII Zw 96 is a luminous infrared galaxy (LIRG) where most of the infrared emission comes from some type of off-center region, which is weird compared to most other LIRGs....more11minPlay
November 04, 2019Object 7: Circles within Circles30 Ari contains four stars and an exoplanet all arranged in a rather complex set of nested orbits....more12minPlay
October 21, 2019Object 6: Extra PeculiarHD 98851 is both an Am chemically peculiar star and a delta Scuti variable star, and it has two different pulsation cycles, which makes it really peculiar....more9minPlay
FAQs about George's Random Astronomical Object:How many episodes does George's Random Astronomical Object have?The podcast currently has 165 episodes available.