Gamma-ray burst afterglow
The afterglow of GRB181123B, captured by the Gemini North telescope.
Credit:International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/K. Paterson & W. Fong (Northwestern University)
Image processing: Travis Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage), Mahdi Zamani & Davide de Martin
About the Image
Id: | noirlab2017c |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | July 14, 2020, 8:17 a.m. |
Related releases: | noirlab2017 |
Size: | 2000 x 2011 px |
About the Object
Name: | GRB181123B |
Constellation: | Coma Berenices |
Category: | Cosmology |
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Coordinates
Position (RA): | 12 17 29.98 |
Position (Dec): | 14° 36' 7.98" |
Field of view: | 1.88 x 1.89 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 5.2° left of vertical |
Colors & filters
Band | Wave-length | Tele-scope |
---|---|---|
Optical g | 475 nm | Gemini North GMOS-N |
Optical r | 630 nm | Gemini North GMOS-N |
Optical i | 780 nm | Gemini North GMOS-N |
Infrared z | 925 nm | Gemini North GMOS-N |
Infrared Y | 1.015 μm | MMT 6.5-meter Telescope MMIRS |
Infrared J | 1.25 μm | MMT 6.5-meter Telescope MMIRS |
Infrared K | 2.15 μm | MMT 6.5-meter Telescope MMIRS |
Infrared H | 1.645 μm | MMT 6.5-meter Telescope MMIRS |