Caltech press release text
Take a look at the GIFs, pick the one(s) you like best, and click on
the format(s) you want. Then save them from your browser.
Discovery images from Palomar,
available as
GIF ,
JPEG , or
TIFF ,
and with the afterglow marked, available as
GIF ,
JPEG , or
TIFF ,
and their
figure caption and credit
The Hubble Space Telescope image of the burst and its host galaxy.
B&W image,
available as
GIF ,
JPEG , or
TIFF
Color image #1,
available as
GIF ,
JPEG , or
TIFF
Color image #2,
available as
GIF ,
JPEG , or
TIFF
Color image #3,
available as
GIF ,
JPEG , or
TIFF
Color image #4,
available as
GIF ,
JPEG , or
TIFF
Color image #5,
available as
GIF ,
JPEG , or
TIFF
Their
figure caption and credit
Likewise, but with the afterglow and the host labeled:
B&W image,
available as
GIF ,
JPEG , or
TIFF
Color image #1,
available as
GIF ,
JPEG , or
TIFF
Color image #2,
available as
GIF ,
JPEG , or
TIFF
Color image #3,
available as
GIF ,
JPEG , or
TIFF
Color image #4,
available as
GIF ,
JPEG , or
TIFF
Color image #5,
available as
GIF ,
JPEG , or
TIFF
Color image #6,
available as
GIF ,
JPEG , or
TIFF
Color image #7,
available as
GIF ,
JPEG , or
TIFF
Color image #8,
available as
GIF ,
JPEG , or
TIFF
Their
figure caption and credit
Image credits: The Caltech GRB Team
Links to the preprints of discovery papers in the LANL archive:
Kulkarni et al.,
discovery and afterglow study, Nature in press
Bloom et al.,
discovery and study of the host galaxy, ApJ Letters in press
Other technical information:
Link to George Djorgovski's webpage on this burst
Link to Josh Bloom's webpage on this burst
GCN Archive
Some other relevant links:
Caltech Media Relations
Caltech Astronomy Homepage
Caltech Homepage
Nature magazine website
George Djorgovski, ph. +1 (626) 395-4415 george@astro.caltech.edu
