Capturing the Burst (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Capturing the Burst

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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).

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NASA/Swift/Stefan Immler

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