Hidden Galaxy Home of GRB (Unannotated)

noirlab_noirlab2218c July 26th, 2022

Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURAAcknowledgment: Image processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF’s NOIRLab), M. Zamani (NSF’s NOIRLab) & D. de Martin (NSF’s NOIRLab)

Unannotated image of the region of the sky surrounding a recently identified galaxy that was found to be the home of GRB 151229A, a short gamma-ray burst. Astronomers calculate that this burst, which lies in the direction of the constellation Capricornus, occurred approximately 9 billion years ago.

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2218c/

Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: GRB 151229A

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 21h 57m 28.7s; DEC = -20° 43’ 55.3”
Orientation: North is 271.0° CCW
Field of View: 4.1 x 2.1 arcminutes
Constellation: Capricornus

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Gemini-S (FLAMINGOS 2)	Infrared (Ks)	2.2 µm
Gemini-S (FLAMINGOS 2)	Infrared (J)	1.3 µm
Gemini-S (GMOS-S)	Optical (z)	925.0 nm
Gemini-S (GMOS-S)	Optical (i)	780.0 nm

ID: noirlab2218c
Subject Category
Subject Name: GRB 151229A
Credits: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURAAcknowledgment: Image processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF’s NOIRLab), M. Zamani (NSF’s NOIRLab) & D. de Martin (NSF’s NOIRLab)

Release Date: 2022-07-26T08:00:00
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Reference Url: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2218c/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: Gemini South, Gemini South, Gemini South, Gemini South
Instrument: FLAMINGOS 2, FLAMINGOS 2, GMOS-S, GMOS-S
Color Assignment: Red, Yellow, Green, Blue

Band: Infrared, Infrared, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: Ks, J, z, i
Central Wavelength: 2200, 1250, 925, 780

Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID: None, None, None, None
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 329.369616855, -20.7320336072
Reference Dimension: 1532.0, 779.0

Reference Pixel: 766.0, 389.5
Scale: -4.44432222663e-05, 4.44432222663e-05
Rotation: 270.96000000000009
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Notes

Creator (Curator): NSF's NOIRLab
URL: https://noirlab.edu
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Email

Telephone
Address: 950 North Cherry Ave.
City: Tucson
State/Province: AZ

Postal Code: 85719
Country: USA
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: NSF's NOIRLab
Publisher ID: noirlab
Resource ID: noirlab2218c

Resource URL: http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noirlab2218c.tif
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Metadata Date: 2022-07-19T02:49:23+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

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