Wide-field View of GRB 211211A

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noirlab_Kilonova_Boote_DSS_16b_B-RI_Dec2022 December 7th, 2022

Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey

A wide-field view of the area around gamma-ray burst GRB 211211A.

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/Kilonova_Boote_DSS_16b_B-RI_Dec2022/

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
GRB 211211A
Noirlab_kilonova_boote_dss_16b_b-ri_dec2022_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 14h 9m 11.3s
DEC = 27° 58’ 11.0”
Orientation
North is 0.7° CCW
Field of View
2.2 x 2.1 degrees
Constellation
Bootes

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red DSS (None) Optical (I) 825.0 nm
Orange DSS (None) Optical (R) 649.0 nm
Cyan DSS (None) Optical (B) 479.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Orange
Cyan
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ID
Kilonova_Boote_DSS_16b_B-RI_Dec2022
Subject Category
Subject Name
GRB 211211A
Credits
ESO/Digitized Sky Survey
Release Date
2022-12-07T09:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/Kilonova_Boote_DSS_16b_B-RI_Dec2022/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Digitized Sky Survey, Digitized Sky Survey, Digitized Sky Survey
Instrument
None, None, None
Color Assignment
Red, Orange, Cyan
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
I, R, B
Central Wavelength
825, 649, 479
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None, None, None
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
212.297060165, 27.9697295223
Reference Dimension
7687.0, 7568.0
Reference Pixel
3844.0, 3783.5
Scale
-0.00028305139819511, 0.000283153258945516
Rotation
0.70025578029251
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
Kilonova_Boote_DSS_16b_B-RI_Dec2022
Resource URL
http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/Kilonova_Boote_DSS_16b_B-RI_Dec2022.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2022-12-09T11:40:11+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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