Afterglow of GRB 990510

eso_eso9926d May 18th, 1999

Credit: ESO

Enlargement from the 30 sec V-exposure by the VLT, shown in ESO Press Photo eso9926. The field is about 1.9 x 1.9 arcmin 2. North is up and East is left.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9926d/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

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

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 13h 38m 7.7s; DEC = -80° 29’ 48.5”
Orientation: North is up
Field of View: 2.0 x 2.0 arcminutes
Constellation: Chamaeleon

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	VLT (FORS1)	Optical (V)	-

ID: eso9926d
Subject Category: D.6.2.2
Subject Name: GRB 990510
Credits: ESO

Release Date: 1999-05-18T00:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9926d/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes: Redshift distance from Press Release as no new papers available.

Facility: Very Large Telescope
Instrument: FORS1
Color Assignment: Grayscale

Band: Optical
Bandpass: V
Central Wavelength

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Integration Time
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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 204.53208, -80.496805
Reference Dimension: 2300.0, 2301.0

Reference Pixel: 1131.58962078, 1125.55898833
Scale: -1.426444e-05, 1.426444e-05
Rotation: 0.02630881915
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: http://www.eso.org/
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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: eso9926d

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso9926d.tif
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Metadata Date: 2009-01-20T13:56:37+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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