Wide-field view of GRB151229A

Noirlab_grb151229a_dss_16b_b-ri_jul22_1024

noirlab_GRB151229A_DSS_16b_B-RI_Jul22 July 26th, 2022

Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey

A wide-field view of the area around gamma ray burst GRB151229A.

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/GRB151229A_DSS_16b_B-RI_Jul22/

Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
GRB151229A
Noirlab_grb151229a_dss_16b_b-ri_jul22_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 21h 57m 48.7s
DEC = -20° 37’ 52.5”
Orientation
North is 0.6° CW
Field of View
2.4 x 2.4 degrees
Constellation
Capricornus

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Orange DSS (None) Optical (I) 825.0 nm
Cyan DSS (None) Optical (R) 649.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Orange
Cyan
Noirlab_grb151229a_dss_16b_b-ri_jul22_1280
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ID
GRB151229A_DSS_16b_B-RI_Jul22
Subject Category
Subject Name
GRB151229A
Credits
ESO/Digitized Sky Survey
Release Date
2022-07-26T08:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/GRB151229A_DSS_16b_B-RI_Jul22/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Digitized Sky Survey, Digitized Sky Survey
Instrument
None, None
Color Assignment
Orange, Cyan
Band
Optical, Optical
Bandpass
I, R
Central Wavelength
825, 649
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None, None
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
329.453106803, -20.6312524584
Reference Dimension
8521.0, 8566.0
Reference Pixel
4261.0, 4282.5
Scale
-0.000283265114320084, 0.00028323636963153
Rotation
-0.56022849068648
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
NSF's NOIRLab
URL
https://noirlab.edu
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
950 North Cherry Ave.
City
Tucson
State/Province
AZ
Postal Code
85719
Country
USA
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
NSF's NOIRLab
Publisher ID
noirlab
Resource ID
GRB151229A_DSS_16b_B-RI_Jul22
Resource URL
http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/GRB151229A_DSS_16b_B-RI_Jul22.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2025-02-05T00:10:56+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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