Host Galaxy of Gamma Ray Burst 971214

stsci_1998-17a May 6th, 1998

Credit: S. R. Kulkarni and S. G. Djorgov

Image of the GRB 971214 field, obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope about four months after the burst, well after the afterglow has faded away. The extremely faint and distant galaxy (marked with an arrow) is the host galaxy of the gamma-ray burst. It was discovered earlier using the Keck 10-m telescope, but it is shown here as seen with a superior sharpness of the HST.

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Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1998/news-1998-17

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: GRB 971214
Subject - Distant Universe: Cosmology > Phenomenon > Gamma Ray Burst

Distance

12,000,000,000 light years

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 11h 56m 26.0s; DEC = 65° 12’ 0.3”
Orientation: North is 110.9° CW
Field of View: 0.3 x 0.3 arcminutes
Constellation: Ursa Major

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (STIS)	Infrared (J)	1.1 µm

ID: 1998-17a
Subject Category: D.6.2.2
Subject Name: GRB 971214
Credits: S. R. Kulkarni and S. G. Djorgov

Release Date: 1998-05-06T00:00:00
Lightyears: 12,000,000,000
Redshift: 12,000,000,000
Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1998/news-1998-17

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes: Distance in lightyears

Facility: Hubble
Instrument: STIS
Color Assignment: Red

Band: Infrared
Bandpass: J
Central Wavelength: 1100

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Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: 2000.0
Reference Value: 179.10848604650, 65.20009335903
Reference Dimension: 800.00, 800.00

Reference Pixel: 348.56714023149, 284.72889199268
Scale: -0.00000723578, 0.00000723578
Rotation: -110.87319220116
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
FITS Header
Notes: World Coordinate System resolved using PinpointWCS 0.9.2 revision 218+ by the Chandra X-ray Center FITS X FITS Y EPO X EPO Y 457.18 519.25 227.87 525.64 455.18 481.88 223.68 451.54 495.89 542.61 310.35 566.18 634.05 473.20 584.05 429.10 694.58 411.45 704.35 302.62 Center Pixel Coordinates: 400.00 179.11066891899 400.00 65.20012726192

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Resource ID: STSCI-H-p9817a-f-800x800.tif

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Related Resources: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1998/17

Metadata Date: 2022-07-06T00:00:00
Metadata Version: 1.2

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12,000,000,000 light years