Hidden Galaxy Home of GRB (Unannotated)
noirlab_noirlab2218c July 26th, 2022
Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURAAcknowledgment: Image processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab), M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab) & D. de Martin (NSF NOIRLab)
Unannotated image of the region of the sky surrounding a recently identified galaxy that was found to be the home of GRB 151229A, a short gamma-ray burst. Astronomers calculate that this burst, which lies in the direction of the constellation Capricornus, occurred approximately 9 billion years ago.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2218c/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noirlab2218c
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- GRB 151229A
- Credits
- International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURAAcknowledgment: Image processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab), M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab) & D. de Martin (NSF NOIRLab)
- Release Date
- 2022-07-26T08:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2218c/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Gemini South, Gemini South, Gemini South, Gemini South
- Instrument
- FLAMINGOS 2, FLAMINGOS 2, GMOS-S, GMOS-S
- Color Assignment
- Red, Yellow, Green, Blue
- Band
- Infrared, Infrared, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- Ks, J, z, i
- Central Wavelength
- 2200, 1250, 925, 780
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 329.369616855, -20.7320336072
- Reference Dimension
- 1532.0, 779.0
- Reference Pixel
- 766.0, 389.5
- Scale
- -4.44432222663e-05, 4.44432222663e-05
- Rotation
- 270.96000000000009
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- NSF's NOIRLab
- URL
- https://noirlab.edu
- Name
- 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
- noirlab2218c
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noirlab2218c.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2022-07-19T02:49:23+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
