Technical facts about this news release:
| About the Object |
| Object Name: |
GRB 080319B |
| Object Description: |
Gamma Ray Burst |
| Position (J2000): |
R.A. 14h 31m 41s.0
Dec. +36° 18' 9" |
| Constellation: |
Bootes |
| Distance: |
7.5 billion light-years or 2.3 billion parsecs |
| Dimensions: |
This image is 25 arcseconds (91,000 light-years or 28,000 parsecs) square. |
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| About the Data |
| Data Description: |
The Hubble image was created using HST data from proposal 11513: N. Tanvir, K. Wiersma, and E. Rol (University of Leicester), A. Fruchter (STScI), and A. Levan (University of Warwick). |
| Instrument: |
WFPC2 |
| Exposure Date(s): |
April 7, 2008 |
| Exposure Time: |
1.8 hours |
| Filters: |
F606W (V) and F814W (I) |
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| About the Image |
| Image Credit: |
NASA, ESA, N. Tanvir (University of Leicester), A. Fruchter (STScI), A. Levan (University of Warwick), and E. Rol (University of Leicester) |
| Release Date: |
April 10, 2008 |
| Color: |
The image is a composite of several separate exposures made by the WFPC2 instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope. Two filters were used to sample broad wavelength ranges in the yellow and near infrafed. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic image. In this case, the assigned colors are:
| F606W (V) |
blue |
| F814W (I) |
yellow |
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| Orientation/Scale: |
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