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FRB 20220610A Compass Image

This image titled "Fast Radio Burst 20220610A HST WFC3" shows a field of blue, red, orange, yellow and white distant galaxies against the black backdrop of space. At image center, a white inset box labeled "Host galaxy of FRB 20220610A" zooms in on a tight group of several galaxies of various elliptical shapes (to the far right). The white arrow inside the inset box points to the host galaxy of the exceptionally powerful fast radio burst 20220610A detected inside this galaxy group. The compass graphic at bottom right points to the object's orientation on the celestial sphere. This image is a composite of separate exposures acquired by the Hubble Space Telescope using the WFC3 instrument. Several filters were used to sample specific wavelength ranges. The color results from assigning different colors to each monochromatic (grayscale) image associated with an individual filter. The assigned colors listed in the upper right corner of the image are: red: F160W and blue: F606W.

A Hubble Space Telescope image of the host galaxy of an exceptionally powerful fast radio burst, FRB 20220610A. Hubble's sensitivity and sharpness reveals a compact group of multiple galaxies that may be in the process of merging. They existed when the universe was only 5 billion years old. FRB 20220610A was first detected on June 10, 2022, by the Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) radio telescope in Western Australia. The European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope in Chile confirmed that the FRB came from a distant place.

About the Object

  • R.A. Position
    R.A. PositionRight ascension – analogous to longitude – is one component of an object's position.
    23:24:17.59
  • Dec. Position
    Dec. PositionDeclination – analogous to latitude – is one component of an object's position.
    23:24:17.59
  • Constellation
    ConstellationOne of 88 recognized regions of the celestial sphere in which the object appears.
    Piscis Austrinus
  • Distance
    DistanceThe physical distance from Earth to the astronomical object. Distances within our solar system are usually measured in Astronomical Units (AU). Distances between stars are usually measured in light-years. Interstellar distances can also be measured in parsecs.
    7.886 billion light-years (z=1.017)
  • Dimensions
    DimensionsThe physical size of the object or the apparent angle it subtends on the sky.
    Image is 1.6 arcmin across (about 3.7 million light-years)

About the Data

  • Data Description
    Data DescriptionProposal: A description of the observations, their scientific justification, and the links to the data available in the science archive.
    Science Team: The astronomers who planned the observations and analyzed the data. "PI" refers to the Principal Investigator.

    This image was created with Hubble data from proposal: 17277 (A. Gordon). Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI)

  • Instrument
    InstrumentThe science instrument used to produce the data.
    WFC3
  • Exposure Dates
    Exposure DatesThe date(s) that the telescope made its observations and the total exposure time.
    26 April and 10 June 2023
  • Filters
    FiltersThe camera filters that were used in the science observations.
    F606W, F160W
  • Object Name
    Object NameA name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object.
    FRB 20220610A
  • Object Description
    Object DescriptionThe type of astronomical object.
    Fast Radio Burst in a Compact Galaxy Group
  • Release Date
    January 9, 2024
  • Science Release
    Hubble Finds Weird Home of Farthest Fast Radio Burst
    Read the release
  • Credits
    NASA, ESA, STScI, Alexa Gordon (Northwestern), Joseph DePasquale (STScI)

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This image titled "Fast Radio Burst 20220610A HST WFC3" shows a field of blue, red, orange, yellow and white distant galaxies against the black backdrop of space. At image center, a white inset box labeled "Host galaxy of FRB 20220610A" zooms in on a tight group of several galaxies of various elliptical shapes (to the far right). The white arrow inside the inset box points to the host galaxy of the exceptionally powerful fast radio burst 20220610A detected inside this galaxy group. The compass graphic at bottom right points to the object's orientation on the celestial sphere. This image is a composite of separate exposures acquired by the Hubble Space Telescope using the WFC3 instrument. Several filters were used to sample specific wavelength ranges. The color results from assigning different colors to each monochromatic (grayscale) image associated with an individual filter. The assigned colors listed in the upper right corner of the image are: red: F160W and blue: F606W.
Color Info
Color InfoA brief description of the methods used to convert telescope data into the color image being presented.

These images are a composite of separate exposures acquired by the Hubble Space Telescope using the WFC3 instrument. Two filters were used to sample broad wavelength ranges. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic (grayscale) image associated with an individual filter. In this case, the assigned colors are:   Orange: F160W, Cyan: F606W

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This image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a field of blue, red, orange, yellow and white distant galaxies against the black backdrop of space. At image center, a white inset box labeled “Host galaxy of FRB 20220610A” zooms in on a tight group of several galaxies of various elliptical shapes (to the far right). The white arrow inside the inset box points to the host galaxy of the exceptionally powerful fast radio burst 20220610A detected inside this galaxy group.

FRB 20220610A

A Hubble Space Telescope image of the host galaxy of an exceptionally powerful fast radio burst, FRB 20220610A. Hubble’s sensitivity and sharpness reveals a compact group of multiple galaxies that may be in the process of merging. They existed when the universe was only 5...

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Mar 10, 2025
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Claire Andreoli
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
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claire.andreoli@nasa.gov

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