Object 171: Guess Again
From George's Random Astronomical Object by George Bendo
March 16, 2026 · 8 min
About this episode
The episode discusses the misidentification of 3C 324 as a gravitational lens and reveals its true nature.
3C 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.
People in this episode
Host: George Bendo
Topics covered
- gravitational lens
- galaxies
- light bending
- astronomy
- cosmology
Keywords
- 3C 324
- gravitational lens
- galaxy
- light bending
- astronomy
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: 3C 324
Places: galaxy
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