Transient
The naked-eye burst, briefly visible without a telescope despite its light having travelled for most of the age of the universe.
| Type | Transient |
|---|---|
| Event type | Gamma-Ray Burst |
| Distance from Earth | 7,500,000,000 ly |
| Apparent magnitude | 5.8 |
| Redshift | 0.937 |
| Discovered | 2008 |
The light reaching us from GRB 080319B tonight left it around 7,500,000,000 years ago.
Its light arrives redshifted by z = 0.937, stretched on the way here by the universe's expansion.
It has been on record since 2008.
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