Betting On The Most Distant Gamma Ray Burst Ever Seen: Extreme Distance Determined With Gemini Observatory Images
Gemini Observatory images of GRB 090429B obtained using the Gemini Near-Infrared Imager (NIRI) using J, H, and K filters (labeled) and z filter (left, non detection) obtained with the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph, all images are from the Gemini North telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawai‘i.
Credit:Gemini Observatory/AURA/Penn State/UC Berkeley/University of Warwick, UK
About the Image
Id: | gemini1106b |
Type: | Collage |
Release date: | May 25, 2011, 8 p.m. |
Related releases: | gemini1106 |
Size: | 1466 x 340 px |
About the Object
Category: | Galaxies |