GRB_100621A Knowpia

GRB 100621A
Event type	Gamma-ray burst
Constellation	Indus
Right ascension	21h 01m 13.12s
Declination	−51° 06′ 22.5″
Other designations	GRB 100621A
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GRB 100621A was a gamma-ray burst observed on June 21, 2010, by the Swift spacecraft.^[1]^[2] It is the second brightest gamma-ray burst yet observed, after GRB 130427A.^[3] The distance is reported to be approximately five billion light years, far outside our own Milky Way Galaxy.

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^ Abramowski, A.; Aharonian, F.; Ait Benkhali, F.; Akhperjanian, A. G.; Angüner, E.; Anton, G.; Balenderan, S.; Balzer, A.; Barnacka, A.; et al. (23 April 2014). "Search for TeV Gamma-ray Emission from GRB 100621A, an extremely bright GRB in X-rays, with H.E.S.S.". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 565: A16. arXiv:1405.0488. Bibcode:2014A&A...565A..16H. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201322984. S2CID 27988089.
^ "Swift Observation of Long GRB 100621A" (PDF). NASA. 22 July 2010. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
^ SpaceRef.com Record-Breaking X-ray Blast Briefly Blinds Space Observatory European Southern Observatory July 14, 2010

[1] Abramowski, A.; Aharonian, F.; Ait Benkhali, F.; Akhperjanian, A. G.; Angüner, E.; Anton, G.; Balenderan, S.; Balzer, A.; Barnacka, A.; et al. (23 April 2014). "Search for TeV Gamma-ray Emission from GRB 100621A, an extremely bright GRB in X-rays, with H.E.S.S.". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 565: A16. arXiv:1405.0488. Bibcode:2014A&A...565A..16H. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201322984. S2CID 27988089.

[2] "Swift Observation of Long GRB 100621A" (PDF). NASA. 22 July 2010. Retrieved 20 May 2023.

[3] SpaceRef.com Record-Breaking X-ray Blast Briefly Blinds Space Observatory European Southern Observatory July 14, 2010

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