GRB 060614
Three-colour (V, R, and I-bands) image of the gamma-ray burst GRB 060614 as observed with FORS on ESO's Very Large Telescope. The gamma-ray burst is seen in the upper middle of the image. The two images were taken at different times: left, on the night of 15 June 2006 (1.7 days after the burst), and right, during the nigth of 16 Jul 2006 (33 days after the GRB). The gamma-ray burst has clearly faded away very quickly between these two epochs. The host galaxy is very faint and hardly visible on these images.
Credit:ESO
About the Image
| Id: | eso0649a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 20 December 2006 |
| Related releases: | eso0649 |
| Size: | 419 x 164 px |
About the Object
| Name: | GRB 060614 |
| Type: | Early Universe : Cosmology : Phenomenon : Gamma Ray Burst |
| Distance: | z=1.7 (redshift) |
| Category: | Cosmology |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
|---|---|
| Optical V | Very Large Telescope FORS1 |
| Optical R | Very Large Telescope FORS1 |
| Infrared I | Very Large Telescope FORS1 |