Record-breaking Gamma-Ray Burst Caught With Gemini (no annotations)
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.
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)
About the Image
| Id: | noirlab2224b |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | Oct. 14, 2022, 11:19 a.m. |
| Related releases: | noirlab2224 |
| Size: | 2480 x 1600 px |
About the Object
| Name: | GRB221009A |
| Constellation: | Sagitta |
| Category: | Cosmology |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 19 13 3.48 |
| Position (Dec): | 19° 46' 23.48" |
| Field of view: | 3.70 x 2.39 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 90.0° right of vertical |
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Colors & filters
| Band | Wave-length | Tele-scope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical i | 780 nm | Gemini South GMOS-S |
| Infrared J | 1.25 μm | Gemini South FLAMINGOS 2 |
| Infrared H | 1.65 μm | Gemini South FLAMINGOS 2 |
| Infrared Ks | 2.2 μm | Gemini South FLAMINGOS 2 |