Color composite image of the field of GRB 051221a

International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

Color composite image of the field of GRB 051221a

Color composite image of the field of GRB 051221a as observed with Gemini GMOS-North. The host galaxy of the short gamma ray burst is the blue source in the white circle (Swift/XRT location box). The blue color of the object indicates a star forming galaxy.

About the Image

ID: geminiann06018a
Type: Collage

About the Object

Name: GRB 051221a

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