GRB 080913

GRB 080913

This image merges the view through Swift's UltraViolet and Optical Telescope, which shows bright stars, and its X-ray Telescope, which captures the burst (orange and yellow). Image credit: NASA/Swift/Stefan Immler.
Observation data (Epoch J2000)
Supernova type Unknown
Remnant type Unknown
Constellation Eridanus
Right ascension 4h 22m 54.7s [1]
Declination -25° 07' 46.2
Discovery date Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT)
September 13, 2008 Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik
Distance 12.8 gigalight-years (3.9 Gpc)
Physical characteristics

GRB 080913 was a gamma-ray burst (GRB) observed on September 13, 2008. The Swift Gamma-Ray Burst satellite made the detection, with follow-up and additional observations from ground-based observatories and instruments, including the Gamma-Ray Burst Optical/Near-Infrared Detector (GROND) and the Very Large Telescope. At 12.8 Gly and redshift of 6.7, the burst was previously the most distant GRB observed until the observation of GRB 090423[2][3][4][5][6] on April 23, 2009. This stellar explosion occurred around 825 million years after the Big Bang.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Gamma Ray Burst Coordinates Network". NASA. September 13, 2008. http://gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov/other/080913.gcn3. Retrieved 2008-11-03. 
  2. ^ "Astronomical Artifact: Most Distant Object Yet Detected Carries Clues from Early Universe". Scientific American, a division of Nature America. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=most-distant-grb. Retrieved 2010-02-23. 
  3. ^ "The Farthest Thing Ever Seen". Sky Publishing, Sky & Telescope. http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/43700627.html. Retrieved 2010-02-23. 
  4. ^ "Most distant object in the universe spotted". News Scientist. http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17035-most-distant-object-in-the-universe-spotted.html. Retrieved 2010-02-23. 
  5. ^ "Breaking News". Sol Station: Gamma-Ray Bursts 000131 - 090423. http://www.solstation.com/x-objects/grb000131.htm. Retrieved 2010-02-23. 
  6. ^ "More Observations of GRB 090423, the Most Distant Known Object in the Universe". Universe Today. http://www.universetoday.com/2009/10/28/more-observations-of-grb-090423-the-most-distant-known-object-in-the-universe/. Retrieved 2010-02-23. 
  7. ^ Garner, Robert (2008-09-19). "NASA's Swift Catches Farthest Ever Gamma-Ray Burst". NASA. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/swift/bursts/farthest_grb.html. Retrieved 2008-11-03. 

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