GRB 160625B

GRB 160625B was a bright 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 was the first time that these observations were made when the GRB was 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]

GRB 160625B
Typical Gamma-Ray Burst (illustration)
Event typeGamma-ray burst Edit this on Wikidata
Right ascension20h 34m 23.25s[1]
Declination+06° 55 ′ 10.5″[1]
Other designationsGRB 160625B

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References
  1. 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" (PDF). Nature. 547 (7664): 425–427. Bibcode:2017Natur.547..425T. doi:10.1038/nature23289. PMID 28748924. S2CID 205258571.
  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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