Hidden Galaxy Home of GRB (Unannotated)

International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
Acknowledgment: Image processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab), M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab) & D. de Martin (NSF NOIRLab) 

Hidden Galaxy Home of GRB (Unannotated)

Unannotated image of the region of the sky surrounding a recently identified galaxy that was found to be the home of GRB 151229A, a short gamma-ray burst. Astronomers calculate that this burst, which lies in the direction of the constellation Capricornus, occurred approximately 9 billion years ago.

About the Image

ID: noirlab2218c
Type: Observation

About the Object

Name: GRB 151229A

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