GRB 160625B

GRB 160625B
Typical Gamma-Ray Burst (illustration)
Other designations GRB 160625B
Event type Gamma-ray burst edit this on wikidata
Date 25 June 2016 Edit this on Wikidata
Instrument Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope Edit this on Wikidata
Constellation Delphinus Edit this on Wikidata
Right ascension 20h 34m 23.25s[1]
Declination +06° 55 ′ 10.5″[1]
Redshift 1.406 Edit this on Wikidata

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

  1. 1 2 3 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.
  2. ↑ Howell, Elizabeth (26 July 2017). "Boom! Powerful Cosmic Explosion May Hint at How Black Holes Form". Space.com. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  3. ↑ Staff (27 July 2017). "Gamma-ray burst captured in unprecedented detail". Astronomy Now. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Mandelbaum, Ryan F. (27 July 2017). "Astronomers Capture Wild Intergalactic Gamma Ray Burst As it Happens". Gizmodo. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  6. ↑ Staff. "Finding the constellation which contains given sky coordinates". djm.cc. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  7. ↑ Greiner, Jochen (12 July 2017). "Gamma-ray Burst 160625B". Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
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