GRB 080319B
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GRB 080319B was a gamma-ray burst detected by the Swift satellite at 06:12 UTC on March 19, 2008. The burst set a new record for the farthest object that was observable with the naked eye: it had a pe
The afterglow of GRB 080319B imaged by Swift's X-ray Telescope (left) and Optical/Ultraviolet Telescope (right)
ESO artist's impression of gamma-ray burst GRB 080319B
Brightness curve for GRB 080319B in optical wavelengths (black curve) and at higher energies (gray)
Messier 83
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Messier 83 or M83, also known as the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy and NGC 5236, is a barred spiral galaxy approximately 15 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation borders of Hydra and Cen
GRB 080319B
…second burst detected that day. There were five GRBs detected in a 24-hour period, including GRB 080320. Until this gamma-ray burst event, the galaxy M83, at a distance of about 15 million light years, was the most distant object visible to the naked eye, albeit only under excellent conditions. The galaxy…
Messier 83 imaged by the Víctor M. Blanco Telescope in 2024
Messier 83 captured by the Wide Field Imager at ESO's La Silla Observatory in September 2008