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Fading Fireball From a Powerful Cosmic Explosion, Gamma Ray Burst 990123

Stsci_1999-09b_1024

stsci_1999-09b March 11th, 1999

Credit: Andrew Fruchter (STScI) and NASA/ESA

A 1999 Hubble Space Telescope image of GRB 990123.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1999/news-1999-09

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

Image Use Policy: http://hubblesite.org/copyright/

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: GRB 990123
Subject - Distant Universe: Cosmology > Phenomenon > Gamma Ray Burst

Distance

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9,000,000,000 light years

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 15h 25m 30.3s; DEC = 44° 45’ 59.1”
Orientation: North is 0.1° CW
Field of View: 0.4 x 0.4 arcminutes
Constellation: Bootes

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (STIS)	Optical (V)	585.0 nm

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Pseudocolor

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ID: 1999-09b
Subject Category: D.6.2.2
Subject Name: GRB 990123
Credits: Andrew Fruchter (STScI) and NASA/ESA

Release Date: 1999-03-11T00:00:00
Lightyears: 9,000,000,000
Redshift: 9,000,000,000
Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1999/news-1999-09

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

Facility: Hubble
Instrument: STIS
Color Assignment: Pseudocolor

Band: Optical
Bandpass: V
Central Wavelength: 585

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Integration Time
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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: 2000.0
Reference Value: 231.37641666670, 44.76641666667
Reference Dimension: 510.00, 509.00

Reference Pixel: 229.09195002096, 299.50150515120
Scale: -0.00001396493, 0.00001396493
Rotation: -0.05600941618
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 512.48 500.50 245.13 217.00 543.30 315.44 379.78 348.49 494.49 221.44 485.08 361.62 396.98 510.43 303.09 115.19 Center Pixel Coordinates: 255.00 231.37590246710 254.50 44.76580033279

Creator (Curator): STScI
URL: http://hubblesite.org
Name: Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach
Email: outreach@stsci.edu

Telephone: 410-338-4444
Address: 3700 San Martin Drive
City: Baltimore
State/Province: MD

Postal Code: 21218
Country: USA
Rights: http://hubblesite.org/copyright/

Publisher: STScI
Publisher ID: stsci
Resource ID: STSCI-H-p9909b-f-510x509.tif

Resource URL: https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p9909b-f-510x509.tif
Related Resources: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1999/09

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

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