Most Distant Known Object in Universe
The fading infrared afterglow of GRB 090423 appears in the center of this false-color image taken with the Gemini North Telescope in Hawaii. The burst is the farthest cosmic explosion yet seen.
Credit:International Gemini Observatory/NSF/AURA, D. Fox and A. Cucchiara (Penn State Univ.) and E. Berger (Harvard Univ.)
About the Image
| Id: | gemini0902a |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | April 30, 2009, 8 p.m. |
| Related releases: | gemini0902 |
| Size: | 1039 x 1038 px |
About the Object
| Name: | GRB 090423 |
| Category: | Cosmology |
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Colors & filters
| Band | Tele-scope |
|---|---|
| Gemini North NIRI |