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[edit]DescriptionHubble Views Bright Outburst Far from Galaxies (2023-024).png |
English: A Hubble Space Telescope image of a Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transient (LFBOT) designated AT2023fhn, indicated by pointers. It shines intensely in blue light and evolves rapidly, reaching peak brightness and fading again in a matter of days, unlike supernovae which take weeks or months to dim. Only a handful of previous LFBOTs have been discovered since 2018. The surprise is that this latest transient, seen in 2023, lies at a large offset from both the barred spiral galaxy at right and the dwarf galaxy to the upper left. Only Hubble could pinpoint its location. And, the results are leaving astronomers even more confounded because all previous LFBOTs have been found in star-forming regions in the spiral arms of galaxies. It's not clear what astronomical event would trigger such a blast far outside of a galaxy.
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Date | 5 October 2023 (upload date) |
Source | Hubble Views Bright Outburst Far from Galaxies |
Author | Image: NASA, ESA, STScI, Ashley Chrimes (ESA-ESTEC/Radboud University) |
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Author | Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach |
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Credit/Provider | NASA, ESA, A. Chrimes (Rayboud U), J. DePasquale (STScI) |
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Date and time of data generation | 10:00, 5 October 2023 |
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Image width | 648 px |
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Number of components | 3 |
Horizontal resolution | 72 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 72 dpi |
Contact information | outreach@stsci.edu
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Keywords | AT2023fhn |
Date and time of digitizing | 10:10, 30 August 2022 |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop 24.7 (Macintosh) |
Date metadata was last modified | 07:35, 28 September 2023 |
File change date and time | 09:44, 27 September 2023 |
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