Multiwavelength Astronomy Multimedia


Title

GRB 090423

Description

One for the record books, gamma-ray burst 090423 was detected April 23, 2009, by the Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Explorer mission. The image is a composite of data from UVOT and XRT. The image is fuzzy because XRT does not have high enough resolution to produce sharp images.

Facility

Swift Gamma Ray Burst Explorer

Instrument

UVOT, XRT

Subject

  • GRB 090423
  • Gamma Ray Burst

Spectral Type

Gamma ray

Date Created

2009-04-23

Credits

NASA/GSFC

Type

Collage

Associated Lesson

Gamma Ray Tools

This material is based upon work supported by NASA under Grant Nos. NNX09AD33G and NNX10AE80G issued through the SMD ROSES 2009 Program.

Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this website are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily
reflect the views of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.