The 365 Days Of Astronomy, The Daily Podcast Of The International Year Of Astronomy 2009

Welcome to episode 135 of George’s Random Astronomical Object, or, if you prefer Roman numerals, episode CXXXV. Every episode, I run a random number generator to select random astronomical coordinates in the sky, and I then search for an astronomical object near those coordinates and talk about what makes that object so interesting to astronomers. So let’s now turn on the random number generator.   The coordinates for this episode are 11:40:16.9 right ascension and +17:43:41 declination. This points to the galaxy NGC 3801, which is located at a distance of roughly 176 million light years (54 Mpc) from Earth in the constellation Leo.    The audio was recorded and edited by Dr. George Bendo, an ALMA contact scientist at the University of Manchester. The sound effects are from The Freesound Project at www.freesound.org. Thanks for listening! www.randomastronomicalobject.com   We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs.  Just visit: https://www.patre