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GRB 060505

Eso_eso0649b_1024

eso_eso0649b December 20th, 2006

Credit: ESO

Three-colour image (B, V, and R-band) of the gamma-ray burst observed on 5 May 2006, GRB 060505, with FORS on the VLT. The galaxy is a spiral galaxy at a distance of 1,300 million light-years. The yellow arrow on the zoomed-in image (ESO Press Photo eso0649) shows where the star exploded, namely in a star-forming region in one of the spiral arms of the galaxy.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0649b/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: GRB 060505
Subject - Distant Universe: Cosmology > Phenomenon > Gamma Ray Burst

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 22h 7m 4.0s; DEC = -27° 48’ 57.0”
Orientation: North is 1.6° CW
Field of View: 6.4 x 5.4 arcminutes
Constellation: Piscis Austrinus

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	VLT (FORS1)	Optical (R)	-
	VLT (FORS1)	Optical (V)	-
	VLT (FORS1)	Optical (B)	-

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ID: eso0649b
Subject Category: D.6.2.2
Subject Name: GRB 060505
Credits: ESO

Release Date: 2006-12-20T00:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0649b/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes: Redshift distance from: iopscience.iop.org/1538-4357/677/2/L85/pdf/22426.pdf

Facility: Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
Instrument: FORS1, FORS1, FORS1
Color Assignment: Red, Green, Blue

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: R, V, B
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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 331.766769134, -27.8158305712
Reference Dimension: 1280.0, 1074.0

Reference Pixel: 629.0, 534.0
Scale: -8.3983832605e-05, 8.3983832605e-05
Rotation: -1.56935758908
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: http://www.eso.org/
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Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID: eso
Resource ID: eso0649b

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0649b.tif
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Metadata Date: 2009-01-12T15:21:43+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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