Cosmic Forge of Rare Heavy Elements Discovered
The fading glow of the optical counterpart to GW170817, captured by DECam on the 4-m Blanco telescope.
Credit:The Dark Energy Camera GW-EM Collaboration and the DES Collaboration / PI: Berger; J. Najita, M. Newhouse & NOAO/AURA/NSF.
About the Image
Id: | noao1705a |
Type: | Collage |
Release date: | Oct. 16, 2017, 10 a.m. |
Related releases: | noao1705 |
Size: | 400 x 403 px |
About the Object
Name: | GrW 170817 |
Category: | Quasars and Black Holes |
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Band | Tele-scope |
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Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |