Gamma ray burst 971214
The image on the left shows the GRB 971214 field, obtained with the W.M. Keck 10-meter telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii about two days after the burst. The image on the right was obtained with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) aboard the Hubble Space Telescope about four months later.
Credit:About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
Id: | opo9817c |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | 6 May 1998, 06:00 |
Size: | 800 x 518 px |
About the Object
Name: | Gamma Ray Burst, GRB 971214 |
Type: | Early Universe : Cosmology : Phenomenon : Gamma Ray Burst |
Category: | Cosmology Miscellaneous |