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Caption: The robotic Palomar 60-inch telescope imaged the afterglow of GRB 070125 on Jan. 26, 2007. RIGHT: An image taken of the same field on February 16 with the 10-meter Keck I telescope reveals no trace of an afterglow, or a host galaxy. The white cross in this zoom-in view marks the GRB's location. The two nearest galaxies, and their distances, are marked with arrows.
Credit: B. Cenko, et al.
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