GRB 080913

GRB 080913
	This image merges the view through Swift's UltraViolet and Optical Telescope, which shows bright stars, and its X-ray Telescope, which captures the burst (orange and yellow). Image credit: NASA/Swift/Stefan Immler.
Event type	Gamma-ray burst
	Unknown
Date	Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT); September 13, 2008
Constellation	Eridanus
Right ascension	4h 22m 54.7s
Declination	-25° 07' 46.2"
Epoch	J2000
Distance	12.8 billion light-years (3.9 Gpc)
Redshift	6.7
Remnant	Unknown
Other designations	GRB 080913A
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GRB 080913 was a gamma-ray burst (GRB) observed on September 13, 2008. The Swift Gamma-Ray Burst satellite made the detection, with follow-up and additional observations from ground-based observatories and instruments, including the Gamma-Ray Burst Optical/Near-Infrared Detector (GROND) and the Very Large Telescope. At 12.8 billion light-years and redshift of 6.7, the burst was the most distant GRB observed until GRB 090423^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] on April 23, 2009. This stellar explosion occurred around 825 million years after the Big Bang.^[7]

References

^ "Gamma Ray Burst Coordinates Network". NASA. September 13, 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
^ "Astronomical Artifact: Most Distant Object Yet Detected Carries Clues from Early Universe". Scientific American. Retrieved 2010-02-23.
^ "The Farthest Thing Ever Seen". Sky Publishing, Sky & Telescope. Archived from the original on 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2010-02-23.
^ "Most distant object in the universe spotted". News Scientist. Retrieved 2010-02-23.
^ "Breaking News". Sol Station: Gamma-Ray Bursts 000131 - 090423. Retrieved 2010-02-23.
^ "More Observations of GRB 090423, the Most Distant Known Object in the Universe". Universe Today. 28 October 2009. Retrieved 2010-02-23.
^ Garner, Robert (2008-09-19). "NASA's Swift Catches Farthest Ever Gamma-Ray Burst". NASA. Retrieved 2008-11-03.

Preceded by GRB 050904	Most distant gamma-ray burst 2008 — 2009	Succeeded by GRB 090423