{"id":2203,"date":"2013-05-09T20:54:28","date_gmt":"2013-05-09T20:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2203"},"modified":"2013-05-09T20:54:28","modified_gmt":"2013-05-09T20:54:28","slug":"amateur-astronomer-captures-images-of-giant-gamma-ray-burst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2203","title":{"rendered":"Amateur astronomer captures images of giant Gamma Ray Burst"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amateur astronomer Patrick Wiggins captured <a href=\"http:\/\/d1jqu7g1y74ds1.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/GRB_130427A_Wiggins.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">images of the visible light<\/a> from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/topics\/universe\/features\/shocking-burst.html\" target=\"_blank\">largest gamma-ray burst<\/a> ever recorded.\u00a0 GRBs are seldom bright enough to be seen with amateur telescopes but this one was especially energetic across the spectrum and for several hours.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.universetoday.com\/102017\/amateur-astronomer-catches-record-setting-gamma-ray-burst\/\" target=\"_d\">Amateur Astronomer Catches Record Setting Gamma-Ray Burst &#8211; Universe Today<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skyandtelescope.com\/news\/Brilliant-GRB-Blast-with-an-Amateur-Twist-206307581.html\" target=\"_d\">Brilliant GRB Blast with an Amateur Twist &#8211;\u00a0 SkyandTelescope.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Brilliant gamma-ray burst\" alt=\"Brilliant gamma-ray burst\" src=\"http:\/\/media.skyandtelescope.com\/images\/GRB_130427A_anim.gif\" width=\"341\" height=\"218\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">This animation from NASA shows, before and after, the patch of sky<br \/>\nwhere GRB 130427A appeared on April 27, 2013. The image was produced<br \/>\nby the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/fermi.gsfc.nasa.gov\/\" target=\"new_window\">Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/images\/content\/746296main_LAT_before_and_after_labels.jpg\" target=\"new_window\">Here<\/a> is a larger view.<br \/>\nCredits: <i>NASA \/ DOE \/ Fermi LAT Collaboration<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amateur astronomer Patrick Wiggins captured images of the visible light from the largest gamma-ray burst ever recorded.\u00a0 GRBs are seldom bright enough to be seen with amateur telescopes but this one was especially energetic across the spectrum and for several hours. Amateur Astronomer Catches Record Setting Gamma-Ray Burst &#8211; Universe Today Brilliant GRB Blast with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2203\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Amateur astronomer captures images of giant Gamma Ray Burst<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-zx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3407,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3407","url_meta":{"origin":2203,"position":0},"title":"Amateur astronomer spots comet during star party in Ukraine","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 15, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Ukrainian amateur astronomer Gennady Borisov discovered a comet while participating in a star party: Amateur Astronomer Discovers Comet C\/2013 N4 (Borisov) During a Star Party - universetoday.com. 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