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  • Object 1: Not the Pope

    Object 1: Not the Pope
    2019/08/12
    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.
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    9 分
  • Object 2: Variable Variability

    Object 2: Variable Variability
    2019/08/26
    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.
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    9 分
  • Object 3: Room Temperature

    Object 3: Room Temperature
    2019/09/09
    HD 85512 is a nearby star slightly smaller and more orange than the Sun. It happens to have an exoplanet that could be close to Earth-like.
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    8 分
  • Object 4: A Damp Lyman Alpha Elephant

    Object 4: A Damp Lyman Alpha Elephant
    2019/09/23
    The most interesting thing about the quasar LBSQ 0058+0155 is not the quasar itself but the galaxy between the quasar and Earth.
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    14 分
  • Object 5: Some Unexpected Helium

    Object 5: Some Unexpected Helium
    2019/10/07
    RV Octantis would be considered a run-of-the-mill RR Lyrae variable star if it wasn't for the unexpected discovery of helium in its atmosphere.
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    11 分
  • Object 6: Extra Peculiar

    Object 6: Extra Peculiar
    2019/10/21
    HD 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.
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    8 分
  • Object 7: Circles within Circles

    Object 7: Circles within Circles
    2019/11/04
    30 Ari contains four stars and an exoplanet all arranged in a rather complex set of nested orbits.
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    11 分
  • Object 8: A Misbehaving LIRG

    Object 8: A Misbehaving LIRG
    2019/11/18
    II 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.
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    11 分