Gamma ray burst 971214

Esahubble_opo9817a_1024

esahubble_opo9817a May 6th, 1998

Credit: S. R. Kulkarni and S. G. Djorgovski (Caltech), the Caltech GRB Team, and NASA/ESA

Image of the GRB 971214 field, obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope about four months after the burst, well after the afterglow has faded away. The extremely faint and distant galaxy (in the center) is the host galaxy of the gamma-ray burst. It was discovered earlier using the Keck 10-m telescope, but it is shown here as seen with a superior sharpness of the HST.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9817a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Gamma Ray Burst GRB 971214
Subject - Distant Universe
Cosmology > Phenomenon > Gamma Ray Burst
Esahubble_opo9817a_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 11h 56m 26.5s
DEC = 65° 12’ 1.6”
Orientation
North is 112.5° CW
Field of View
0.3 x 0.3 arcminutes
Constellation
Ursa Major

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (STIS ) Infrared (J) 1.1 µm
Spectrum_base
Red
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ID
opo9817a
Subject Category
D.6.2.2  
Subject Name
Gamma Ray Burst, GRB 971214
Credits
S. R. Kulkarni and S. G. Djorgovski (Caltech), the Caltech GRB Team, and NASA/ESA
Release Date
1998-05-06T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9817a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
STIS
Color Assignment
Red
Band
Infrared
Bandpass
J
Central Wavelength
1100
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
179.110333656, 65.2004467983
Reference Dimension
800.0, 800.0
Reference Pixel
401.0, 401.0
Scale
-7.08324534704e-06, 7.08324534704e-06
Rotation
-112.54000000000008
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
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
opo9817a
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:51:12+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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