Most Distant Known Object in Universe

The fading infrared afterglow of GRB 090423 appears in the center of this false-color image taken with the Gemini North Telescope in Hawaii. The burst is the farthest cosmic explosion yet seen.

Credit:

International Gemini Observatory/NSF/AURA, D. Fox and A. Cucchiara (Penn State Univ.) and E. Berger (Harvard Univ.)

About the Image

Id:gemini0902a
Type:Collage
Release date:April 30, 2009, 8 p.m.
Related releases:gemini0902
Size:1039 x 1038 px

About the Object

Name:GRB 090423
Category:Cosmology

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BandTele-scope
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