Color composite image of the field of GRB 051221a
Color composite image of the field of GRB 051221a as observed with Gemini GMOS-North. The host galaxy of the short gamma ray burst is the blue source in the white circle (Swift/XRT location box). The blue color of the object indicates a star forming galaxy.
Credit:International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
About the Image
| Id: | geminiann06018a |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | Sept. 29, 2006, 12:53 p.m. |
| Related announcements: | geminiann06018 |
| Size: | 660 x 317 px |
About the Object
| Name: | GRB 051221a |
| Category: | Galaxies Illustrations |
