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    GRB 080319B was a gamma-ray burst (GRB) detected by the Swift satellite at 06:12 UTC on March 19, 2008. The burst set a new record for the farthest object...
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    for many minutes after most GRBs, and the discovery of the most luminous (GRB 080319B) and the former most distant (GRB 090423) objects in the universe...
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  • Retrieved 2009 11 11. Bloom, J. S. (2009). "Observations of the Naked-Eye GRB 080319B: Implications of Nature's Brightest Explosion". The Astrophysical Journal...
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  • visible to the naked eye. 19 March 2008 A major gamma-ray burst (GRB) known as GRB 080319B, set a new record as the farthest object that can be seen from...
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    Voorwerp or in the neighboring IC 2497. 19 March 2008: Swift detected GRB 080319B, a burst of gamma rays amongst the brightest celestial objects ever witnessed...
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    least capable of supporting water 6.3 billion years (7.5 Gya, z=0.94): GRB 080319B, farthest gamma ray burst seen with the naked eye, recorded. Terzan 7...
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    hours before Clarke's death, a major gamma-ray burst (GRB) reached Earth. Known as GRB 080319B, the burst set a new record as the farthest object that...
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  • timescales. At the extreme end, the optical afterglow of the gamma ray burst GRB 080319B reached, according to one paper, an absolute r magnitude brighter than...
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    Apparent magnitude (V) Object Seen from... Notes −67.57 gamma-ray burst GRB 080319B seen from 1 AU away would be over 2×1016 (20 quadrillion) times as bright...
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    sighted on this planet from an origin outside the Solar System until the GRB 080319B. The magnetar released more energy in one-tenth of a second (1.0×1040...
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