Record-breaking Gamma-Ray Burst Caught With Gemini (no annotations)
noirlab_noirlab2224b October 14th, 2022
Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/B. O'Connor (UMD/GWU) & J. Rastinejad & W Fong (Northwestern Univ)Image processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF’s NOIRLab), J. Miller, M. Zamani & D. de Martin (NSF’s NOIRLab)
Thanks to a fast reaction by observers and staff, near-simultaneous observations were made of GRB221009A from Gemini South in Chile. The image is a combination of 4 exposures in I, J,H, K with two instruments taken in the morning of Friday 14 October 2022.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2224b/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noirlab2224b
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- GRB221009A
- Credits
- International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/B. O'Connor (UMD/GWU) & J. Rastinejad & W Fong (Northwestern Univ)Image processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF’s NOIRLab), J. Miller, M. Zamani & D. de Martin (NSF’s NOIRLab)
- Release Date
- 2022-10-14T11:19:29
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2224b/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Gemini South, Gemini South, Gemini South, Gemini South
- Instrument
- FLAMINGOS 2, FLAMINGOS 2, FLAMINGOS 2, GMOS-S
- Color Assignment
- Green, Yellow, Red, Blue
- Band
- Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Optical
- Bandpass
- J, H, Ks, i
- Central Wavelength
- 1250, 1650, 2200, 780
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 288.264497863, 19.7731885981
- Reference Dimension
- 2480.0, 1600.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1240.0, 800.0
- Scale
- -2.48968358082e-05, 2.48968358082e-05
- Rotation
- -89.999999999999687
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- NSF's NOIRLab
- URL
- https://noirlab.edu
- Name
- 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
- noirlab2224b
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noirlab2224b.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2022-10-14T16:29:45+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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