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Very short-lived optical transients associated with enormous gamma-ray outbursts.
 
Very short-lived optical transients associated with enormous gamma-ray outbursts.
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A catalogue of GRBs is available [http://grad40.as.utexas.edu here].
  
 
* time-scales from seconds to minutes
 
* time-scales from seconds to minutes

Revision as of 13:37, 28 August 2009

Very short-lived optical transients associated with enormous gamma-ray outbursts. A catalogue of GRBs is available here.

  • time-scales from seconds to minutes
  • in maximum can reach up to few mag, but the whole range observed
  • host galaxy can be visible

GRB06-RAPTOR.png from Wozniak et al. 2006

GRB08-PI.png from Sokolowski et al.2009