Gamma Ray Burst 970228

Esahubble_opo9730b_1024

esahubble_opo9730b September 16th, 1997

Credit: Andrew Fruchter (STScI), Elena Pian (ITSRE-CNR), and NASA/ESA

A Hubble Space Telescope image of the fading fireball from one of the universe's most mysterious phenomena, a gamma-ray burst. Though the visible component has faded to 1/500th its brightness (27.7 magnitude) from the time it was first discovered by ground- based telescopes last March (the actual gamma-ray burst took place on February 28), Hubble continues to clearly see the fireball and discriminated a surrounding nebulosity (at 25th magnitude) which is considered a host galaxy.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9730b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, 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
Gamma Ray Burst GRB 970228
Subject - Distant Universe
Cosmology > Phenomenon > Gamma Ray Burst

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (STIS ) -
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ID
opo9730b
Subject Category
D.6.2.2  
Subject Name
Gamma Ray Burst, GRB 970228
Credits
Andrew Fruchter (STScI), Elena Pian (ITSRE-CNR), and NASA/ESA
Release Date
1997-09-16T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9730b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Redshift distance from NED
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
STIS
Color Assignment
Red
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
609.0, 571.0
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
opo9730b
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:48:50+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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