Chandra Observes Extraordinary Event

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chandra_479 April 7th, 2011

Credit: NASA/CXC/Warwick/A.Levan et al.

The center of this image contains an extraordinary gamma-ray burst (GRB 110328A) observed with Chandra. The burst was first seen on March 28, 2011 by Swift, and within days Hubble and Chandra had been re-pointed at this object. Preliminary analysis of the data suggests that the unusual blast arose when a star wandered too close to its galaxy's central black hole. This Chandra observation confirms the association of GRB 110328A with the core of a distant galaxy (the red cross marks the position of the galaxy observed in optical light), and shows that it was an exceptionally long-lived and luminous event compared to other GRBs.

Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory

Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/grb110328/

Curator: Chandra X-ray Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA

Image Use Policy: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
GRB 110328A
Subject - Distant Universe
Cosmology > Phenomenon > Gamma Ray Burst

Distance Details Distance

Universescale3
3,800,000,000 light years
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Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 16h 44m 49.9s
DEC = 57° 34’ 59.8”
Orientation
North is 3.2° CW
Field of View
0.5 x 0.5 arcminutes
Constellation
Draco

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue Chandra (HRC) X-ray (X-ray) 826.7 pm
Spectrum_xray1
Blue
Chandra_479_1280
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ID
479
Subject Category
D.6.2.2  
Subject Name
GRB 110328A
Credits
NASA/CXC/Warwick/A.Levan et al.
Release Date
2011-04-07
Lightyears
3,800,000,000
Redshift
0.35
Reference Url
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/grb110328/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Facility
Chandra
Instrument
HRC
Color Assignment
Blue
Band
X-ray
Bandpass
X-ray
Central Wavelength
0.8267
Start Time
2011-04-04T02:31:20
Integration Time
15328
Dataset ID
12920
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
251.2078847, 57.5832780
Reference Dimension
3600.0, 3600.0
Reference Pixel
1801.0, 1801.0
Scale
2.27966e-06, 2.2796593e-06
Rotation
-3.21
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
WCS retrieved using CXCs PinpointWCS
Creator (Curator)
Chandra X-ray Observatory
URL
http://chandra.harvard.edu
Name
Chandra X-ray Observatory Center
Email
cxcpub@cfa.harvard.edu
Telephone
617.496.7941
Address
60 Garden St.
City
Cambridge
State/Province
MA
Postal Code
02138
Country
USA
Rights
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html
Publisher
Chandra X-ray Center
Publisher ID
chandra
Resource ID
grb110328.tif
Resource URL
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/grb110328/grb110328.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2013-09-20T11:46:34-04:00
Metadata Version
1.2
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