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Gamma-ray Burst Host Galaxy GRB000926
About the Object
- R.A. PositionR.A. PositionRight ascension – analogous to longitude – is one component of an object's position.17h 4m 9.79s
- Dec. PositionDec. PositionDeclination – analogous to latitude – is one component of an object's position.51° 47' 11.0"
- DimensionsDimensionsThe physical size of the object or the apparent angle it subtends on the sky.3.75 arcseconds wide
About the Data
- Data DescriptionData 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.The Hubble image was created from HST data from proposal 8867 : Principal Investigator: Kulkarni
The science team includes: A. Fruchter (STScI), A. Levan (STScI/University of Leicester/University of Hertfordshire), L. Strolger (STScI/Western Kentucky University), P. Vreeswijk (European Southern Observatory, Chile), S.Thorsett (University of California, Santa Cruz), D. Bersier (STScI/Astrophysics Research Institute/Liverpool John Moores University), I. Burud (STScI/Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Copenhagen), J. Castro Ceron (STScI/Niels Bohr Institute/University of Copenhagen), A. Castro-Tirado (Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia, Spain), C. Conselice (California Institute of Technology/University of Nottingham), T. Dahlen (Stockholm University), H. Ferguson (STScI), J. Fynbo (Niels Bohr Institute/University of Copenhagen), P. Garnavich (University of Notre Dame), R. Gibbons (STScI/Vanderbilt University), J. Gorosabel (STScI/Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia, Spain), T. Gull (NASA/GSFC), J. Hjorth (Niels Bohr Institute/University of Copenhagen), S. Holland (NASA/GSFC), C. Kouveliotou (NASA/MSFC), Z. Levay and M. Livio (STScI), M.R. Metzger (Renaissance Technologies Corporation, New York), P. Nugent (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), L. Petro (STScI), E. Pian (INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Italy), J. Rhoads, A. Riess, and K. Sahu (STScI), A. Smette (European Southern Observatory, Chile), N. Tanvir (University of Hertfordshire), R. Wijers (University of Amsterdam), and S. Woosley (University of California, Santa Cruz). - InstrumentInstrumentThe science instrument used to produce the data.HST>WFPC2 and HST>STIS
- Exposure DatesExposure DatesThe date(s) that the telescope made its observations and the total exposure time.October 7 - 23, 2000, Exposure time: 16.5 hours
- FiltersFiltersThe camera filters that were used in the science observations.WFPC2: F450W, F606W, and F814WSTIS: F25QTZ
- Object NameObject NameA name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object.GRB000926
- Object DescriptionObject DescriptionThe type of astronomical object.Gamma Ray Burst
- Release DateMay 10, 2006
- Science ReleaseHubble Finds that Earth is Safe from One Class of Gamma-ray Burst
- Credit
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Claire Andreoli
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland
claire.andreoli@nasa.gov
