Afterglow of GRB 990510

Eso_eso9926b_1024

eso_eso9926b May 18th, 1999

Credit: ESO

This is a false-colour composite of the area around the optical image of the afterglow of GRB 990510, based on three near-infrared exposures with the SOFI multi-mode instrument at the 3.6-m ESO New Technology Telescope (NTT) at La Silla, obtained on May 10, 1999, between 23:15 and 23:45 UT. The exposure times were 10 min each in the J- (1.2 µm; here rendered in blue), H- (1.6 µm; green) and K-bands (2.2 µm; red); the image quality is excellent (0.6 arcsec). The field measures about 5 x 5 arcmin 2 ; the original pixel size is 0.29 arcsec. North is up and East is left.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9926b/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
GRB 990510
Subject - Distant Universe
Cosmology > Phenomenon > Gamma Ray Burst
Eso_eso9926b_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 13h 38m 7.5s
DEC = -80° 29’ 49.0”
Orientation
North is 2.0° CCW
Field of View
4.3 x 4.2 arcminutes
Constellation
Chamaeleon

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red NTT (SOFI) Infrared (2200) -
Green NTT (SOFI) Infrared (H) -
Blue NTT (SOFI) Infrared (J) -
Eso_eso9926b_1280
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ID
eso9926b
Subject Category
D.6.2.2  
Subject Name
GRB 990510
Credits
ESO
Release Date
1999-05-18T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9926b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Redshift distance from Press Release as no new papers available.
Facility
New Technology Telescope, New Technology Telescope, New Technology Telescope
Instrument
SOFI, SOFI, SOFI
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass
2200, H, J
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
204.531249, -80.496948
Reference Dimension
2300.0, 2258.0
Reference Pixel
1124.13774942, 914.742346921
Scale
-3.100369e-05, 3.100369e-05
Rotation
2.03852629653
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
eso9926b
Metadata Date
2009-01-20T13:56:31+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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