GRB 160625B

GRB 160625B
Typical Gamma-Ray Burst (illustration)
Event typeGamma-ray burst Edit this on Wikidata
Duration680 seconds
ConstellationDelphinus
Right ascension20h 34m 23.25s[1]
Declination+06° 55 ′ 10.5″[1]
Other designationsGRB 160625B
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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] It had a fluence of 5.7×10−4 erg cm−2, and energy of 5 × 1054 erg.[8] The burst lasted over 11 minutes (680 s),[9][10] and is one of the most energetic bursts ever recorded.[9]

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  6. ^ Staff. "Finding the constellation which contains given sky coordinates". djm.cc. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
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  8. ^ Ravasio, M. E.; Oganesyan, G.; Ghirlanda, G.; Nava, L.; Ghisellini, G.; Pescalli, A.; Celotti, A. (May 2018). "Consistency with synchrotron emission in the bright GRB 160625B observed by Fermi". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 613: A16. arXiv:1711.03106. Bibcode:2018A&A...613A..16R. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201732245. ISSN 0004-6361.
  9. ^ a b Lipunov, V. M.; Sadovnichy, V. A.; Panasyuk, M. I.; Yashin, I. V.; Svertilov, S. I.; Simakov, S. G.; Svinkin, D.; Gorbovskoy, E.; Lipunova, G. V.; Kornilov, V. G.; Frederiks, D.; Topolev, V.; Rebolo, R.; Serra, M.; Tiurina, N. (1 February 2023). "Three-stage Collapse of the Long Gamma-Ray Burst from GRB 160625B Prompt Multiwavelength Observations". The Astrophysical Journal. 943 (2): 181. arXiv:2302.05920. Bibcode:2023ApJ...943..181L. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ac9307. ISSN 0004-637X.
  10. ^ "GCN - Circulars - 19604 - Konus-Wind observation of GRB 160625B". gcn.nasa.gov. 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2024.