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George's Random Astronomical Object

George Bendo

Science

Frequency: 1 episode/14d. Total Eps: 178

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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Object 1: Not the Pope

lundi 12 août 2019 • Duration 08:46

The Leo IV Dwarf Galaxy is one of several ultra faint dwarf galaxies that orbit the Milky Way. Galaxies like this are weird relics of when the universe first formed; they contain very old stellar populations and abnormally large amounts of dark matter.

Object 2: Variable Variability

lundi 26 août 2019 • Duration 09:00

HS Hydrae is a variable eclipsing binary star, which sounds more unusual than it actually is. However, it's precessing, which is not only unusual but also causes the variability to vary over time.

Object 11: Howling Fast Differential Rotation

lundi 30 décembre 2019 • Duration 09:06

Psi Capricorni was the first star other than the Sun where the phenomenon of differental rotation was ever measured.

Object 101: Warm and Cold

lundi 26 juin 2023 • Duration 11:48

The star Eta Corvi is surrounded by a disk of dust with a rather complex structure and rather complex origin.

Object 102: Another Ring Thing

lundi 10 juillet 2023 • Duration 07:14

The spiral galaxy NGC 7552 is best known for its relatively small but bright starburst ring.

Object 103: The Pulsar within the Cosmic Hand

lundi 24 juillet 2023 • Duration 08:35

PSR B1509-58 is a relatively young pulsar that sits within a supernova remnant that looks like a giant hand.

Object 104: Going Cross Country for a Supermassive Black Hole

lundi 7 août 2023 • Duration 09:15

Observations with a telescope as large as the Untied States were needed to prove that J16021+3326 is a blazar, a type of galaxy containing a supermassive black hole.

Object 105: Super-Slow Star Formation

lundi 21 août 2023 • Duration 11:21

Located at the edge of the Local Group, the Sagittarius Dwarf Irregular Galaxy has some of the stars with the fewest elements other than hydrogen or helium in the known universe.

Object 106: A Tale of Two Binary Star Systems

lundi 4 septembre 2023 • Duration 12:09

While some astronomers are interested the globular cluster NGC 6712 because it appears to have been severely tidally disrupted by orbiting too close to the center of the Milky Way, other astronomers are interested in the cluster because it contains a couple of weird yet similar binary star systems.

Object 107: The Red Rectangle

lundi 18 septembre 2023 • Duration 10:57

The Red Rectangle (yes, the Red Rectangle) is a uniquely weird protoplanetary nebula formed by a uniquely weird binary star system.

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