GRB 080913

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Supernova detected on September 13, 2008 in the constellation Eridanus

title: "GRB 080913" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["eridanus-(constellation)", "gamma-ray-bursts", "astronomical-objects-discovered-in-2008", "september-2008"] description: "Supernova detected on September 13, 2008 in the constellation Eridanus" topic_path: "general/eridanus-constellation" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRB_080913" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Supernova detected on September 13, 2008 in the constellation Eridanus ::

| image = [[Image:GRB 080913.jpg|350px]] | caption = This image merges the view through Swift's UltraViolet and Optical Telescope, which shows bright stars, and its X-ray Telescope, which captures the burst (orange and yellow). Image credit: NASA/Swift/Stefan Immler. | name = GRB 080913 | type = Unknown | epoch = J2000 | SNRtype = Unknown | host = | redshift = 6.7 | constellation = Eridanus | ra = 4h 22m 54.7s | dec = -25° 07' 46.2" | gal = | discovery = Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) September 13, 2008 | iauc = Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik | mag_v = | distance = 12.8 e9ly | progenitor = | progenitor_type = | b-v = | notes = | names = GRB 080913A

GRB 080913 was a gamma-ray burst (GRB) observed on September 13, 2008. The Swift Gamma-Ray Burst satellite made the detection, with follow-up and additional observations from ground-based observatories and instruments, including the Gamma-Ray Burst Optical/Near-Infrared Detector (GROND) and the Very Large Telescope. At 12.8 billion light-years and redshift of 6.7, the burst was the most distant GRB observed until GRB 090423 on April 23, 2009. This stellar explosion occurred around 825 million years after the Big Bang.

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References

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