ASTRO: GRB 080319B Image from last night was 7.5BLY naked eye object?

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Richard Crisp wrote:

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I got the email alert on it but snowing here so I didn't roll the roof!

Still, with a near full moon in the sky I have to wonder about that
naked eye visibility comment. At nearly 6th magnitude it certainly
wouldn't be naked eye here. Even without the snow I doubt I can go that
faint with that full of a moon up there. Now if it had vaporized the
moon and my clouds then maybe I'd have a chance, a fraction of a second
before I too was vaporized. Glad it was 7.5 billion light years away!
I wouldn't want one in our galaxy pointed this way!

Makes you wonder how narrow the beam is. Was it so extra bright because
we were dead center in a really tight beam or was it really that much
stronger than the others? Lots of papers will come from this event!

Rick


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Richard Crisp wrote:

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I got the email alert on it but snowing here so I didn't roll the roof!


you didn't miss anything... it is dissipated now


Still, with a near full moon in the sky I have to wonder about that naked
eye visibility comment. At nearly 6th magnitude it certainly wouldn't be
naked eye here. Even without the snow I doubt I can go that faint with
that full of a moon up there. Now if it had vaporized the moon and my
clouds then maybe I'd have a chance, a fraction of a second before I too
was vaporized. Glad it was 7.5 billion light years away! I wouldn't want
one in our galaxy pointed this way!

Makes you wonder how narrow the beam is. Was it so extra bright because
we were dead center in a really tight beam or was it really that much
stronger than the others? Lots of papers will come from this event!


well my result was a negative result. but a negative result is an important
result: it is gone now

but a positive result is more fun for sure!


Rick


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Correct domain name is arvig and it is net not com. Prefix is correct.
Third character is a zero rather than a capital "Oh".

Neat event... hope we learn a lot rom it... I see you are getting some time
on galaxies.. hope you can find time for more of them!

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Regards, Doug W.
www.photonsfate.com
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Now that's an interesting one. I would have liked to observe it visually
during peak brightness.

Stefan

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