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 billion light-years (3.9 Gpc)

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 billion light-years and redshift of 6.7, the burst was the most distant GRB observed until 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. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
  2. ↑ "Astronomical Artifact: Most Distant Object Yet Detected Carries Clues from Early Universe". Scientific American, a division of Nature America. Retrieved 2010-02-23.
  3. ↑ "The Farthest Thing Ever Seen". Sky Publishing, Sky & Telescope. Retrieved 2010-02-23.
  4. ↑ "Most distant object in the universe spotted". News Scientist. Retrieved 2010-02-23.
  5. ↑ "Breaking News". Sol Station: Gamma-Ray Bursts 000131 - 090423. Retrieved 2010-02-23.
  6. ↑ "More Observations of GRB 090423, the Most Distant Known Object in the Universe". Universe Today. Retrieved 2010-02-23.
  7. ↑ Garner, Robert (2008-09-19). "NASA's Swift Catches Farthest Ever Gamma-Ray Burst". NASA. Retrieved 2008-11-03.

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Preceded by
GRB 050904		 Most distant gamma-ray burst
2008 — 2009 		Succeeded by
GRB 090423