Compass and Scale Image of GRB 110328A's Host Galaxy

Compass and Scale Image of GRB 110328A's Host Galaxy

Credits

Illustration: NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI);
Science: NASA, ESA, and A. Fruchter (STScI)

About The Object
Object Name GRB 110328A
Object Description High-Energy Transient Event
R.A. Position 16h 44m 49s.3
Dec. Position +57° 34' 51"
Constellation Draco
Distance About 3.8 billion light-years or 920 megaparsecs (z=0.35)
Dimensions The image is 23.6 arcseconds wide.
About The Data
Data Description The image was created from Hubble data from proposal : A. Fruchter (STScI), J. Bloom and S. Cenko (University of California, Berkeley), J. Graham (Johns Hopkins University), A. Levan (University of Warwick, UK), K. Misra (STScI), D. Perley (California Institute of Technology), and N. Tanvir and K. Wiersema (University of Leicester, UK).
Instrument HST>WFC3/UVIS
Exposure Dates April 4, 2011, Exposure Time: 21 minutes
Filters F606W (wide V)
About The Image
Color Info This image is a composite of separate exposures acquired by the WFC3/UVIS instrument on HST. A single filter (F606W) was used to sample a broad wavelength range. Color has been applied to represent brightness, mapping data values into a range of hues from black through red, orange and yellow, to white.
Compass Image Compass and Scale Image of GRB 110328A's Host Galaxy
About The Object
Object Name A name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object.
Object Description The type of astronomical object.
R.A. Position Right ascension – analogous to longitude – is one component of an object's position.
Dec. Position Declination – analogous to latitude – is one component of an object's position.
Constellation One of 88 recognized regions of the celestial sphere in which the object appears.
Distance The physical distance from Earth to the astronomical object. Distances within our solar system are usually measured in Astronomical Units (AU). Distances between stars are usually measured in light-years. Interstellar distances can also be measured in parsecs.
Dimensions The physical size of the object or the apparent angle it subtends on the sky.
About The Data
Data Description
  • Proposal: 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.
Instrument The science instrument used to produce the data.
Exposure Dates The date(s) that the telescope made its observations and the total exposure time.
Filters The camera filters that were used in the science observations.
About The Image
Image Credit The primary individuals and institutions responsible for the content.
Publication Date The date and time the release content became public.
Color Info A brief description of the methods used to convert telescope data into the color image being presented.
Orientation The rotation of the image on the sky with respect to the north pole of the celestial sphere.

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