GRB 150101B

GRB 150101B
Detection of GRB150101B
?? GRB, short-duration[1]
Date1 January 2015[1]
15:23 UT by the Burst Alert Telescope (BAT);[1]
15:23:35 UT by the Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM)[1]
ConstellationVirgo[2][3]
Right ascension12h 32m 04.96s[2]
Declination−10° 56′ 00.7″[2]
EpochJ2000[1]
Galactic coordinates295.26103 +51.64971 [ 1800 1800 0 ][4]
Distance1.7 billion light-years (0.52 Gpc)[1]
z=0.13437;[1] 0.1341[2]
Redshift?? 0.093[4]
Total energy output~1.3 ×1049 ergs[1]
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GRB 150101B is a gamma-ray burst (GRB) that was detected on 1 January 2015 at 15:23 UT by the Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) on board the Swift Observatory Satellite, and at 15:23:35 UT by the Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) on board the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope.[1] The GRB was determined to be 1.7 billion light-years (0.52 Gpc) from Earth near the host galaxy 2MASX J12320498-1056010 [4] in the constellation Virgo.[2][3] The characteristics of GRB 150101B are remarkably similar to the historic event GW170817, a merger of neutron stars.[2][5][6][7]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Burns, E.; Veres, P.; Connaughton, V.; Racusin, J.; Briggs, M. S.; Christensen, N.; Goldstein, A.; Hamburg, R.; Kocevski, D.; McEnery, J.; Bissaldi, E.; Canton, T. Dal; Cleveland, W. H.; Gibby, M. H.; Hui, C. M. (17 August 2018). "Fermi GBM Observations of GRB 150101B: A Second Nearby Event with a Short Hard Spike and a Soft Tail". The Astrophysical Journal. 863 (2): L34. arXiv:1807.02866. doi:10.3847/2041-8213/aad813. ISSN 2041-8213. S2CID 119489650.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Cite error: The named reference HRV-20181016 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Staff. "Finding the constellation which contains given sky coordinates". DJM.cc. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  4. ^ a b c Staff (17 October 2018). "GRB 150101B". SIMBAD. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference EA-20181016 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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