Gamma Ray Burst GRB990123

Esahubble_opo9909c_1024

esahubble_opo9909c March 11th, 1999

Credit: Andrew Fruchter (STScI) and NASA/ESA

A NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope view of the rapidly fading visible-light fireball from the most powerful cosmic explosion recorded to date. For a brief moment the light from the blast was equal to the radiance of 100 million billion stars. The initial explosion began as an intense burst of gamma-rays which happened on Jan. 23, 1999. The blast had already faded to one four-millionth of its original brightness when Hubble made observations on February 8 and 9. Space Telescope captured the fading fireball embedded in a galaxy located 2/3 of the way to the horizon of the observable universe.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9909c/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (STIS ) Optical (V) 585.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Esahubble_opo9909c_1280
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ID
opo9909c
Subject Category
D.6.2.2  
Subject Name
Gamma Ray Burst, GRB 990123
Credits
Andrew Fruchter (STScI) and NASA/ESA
Release Date
1999-03-11T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9909c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
STIS
Color Assignment
Red
Band
Optical
Bandpass
V
Central Wavelength
585
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
508.0, 509.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
opo9909c
Resource URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo9909c.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:53:08+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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