GRB 160625B
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Event type | Gamma-ray burst |
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Right ascension | 20h 34m 23.25s[1] |
Declination | +06° 55 ′ 10.5″[1] |
Other designations | GRB 160625B |
GRB 160625B is a gamma-ray burst (GRB) detected by NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope on 25 June 2016 and, three minutes later, by the Large Area Telescope.[1][2][3] This was followed by a bright prompt optical flash, during which variable linear polarization was measured[4] This is the first time that these observations are made when the GRB is still bright and active[5]. The source of the GRB was a possible black hole, within the Delphinus constellation,[6] about 9 billion light-years (light travel distance) away (a redshift of z = 1.406).[7]
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References
- ^ a b c Dirirsa, F.; et al. (26 June 2016). "GCN Circular: GRB 160625B: Fermi-LAT detection of a bright burst (and related)". NASA. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
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- ^ Staff (27 July 2017). "Gamma-ray burst captured in unprecedented detail". Astronomy Now. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- ^ Troja, E.; et al. (27 July 2017). "Significant and variable linear polarization during the prompt optical flash of GRB 160625B". Nature. 547: 425–427. Bibcode:2017Natur.547..425T. doi:10.1038/nature23289.
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(help) - ^ Mandelbaum, Ryan F. (27 July 2017). "Astronomers Capture Wild Intergalactic Gamma Ray Burst As it Happens". Gizmodo. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- ^ Staff. "Finding the constellation which contains given sky coordinates". djm.cc. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- ^ Greiner, Jochen (12 July 2017). "Gamma-ray Burst 160625B". Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics. Retrieved 28 July 2017.