Betting On The Most Distant Gamma Ray Burst Ever Seen: Extreme Distance Determined With Gemini Observatory Images

Gemini Observatory images of GRB 090429B obtained using the Gemini Near-Infrared Imager (NIRI) using J, H, and K filters (labeled) and z filter (left, non detection) obtained with the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph, all images are from the Gemini North telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawai‘i.

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Gemini Observatory/AURA/Penn State/UC Berkeley/University of Warwick, UK

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Id:gemini1106b
Type:Collage
Release date:May 25, 2011, 8 p.m.
Related releases:gemini1106
Size:1466 x 340 px

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Category:Galaxies

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