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In the Tunka Valley of Buryatia, the Master telescope registered the explosion of a star that exploded 12 billion years ago.
Director of the Irkutsk Astronomical Observatory State University Sergey Yazev said that Solnechnaya the system formed only 8 billion years later. He also noted that the magnitude of the object is 16.5, this is 20 thousand times less than the smallest star you can see with the naked eye, reports “Vesti.ru”.
First, a gamma-ray burst was recorded by the orbital observatory SWIFT, after which the signal was received by the “Master” and after 23 seconds it started shooting in the optical range. In the Tunka Valley, transparency high enough air that allowed to observe this event – here is also located the ISU astrophysical testing ground, where they work scientists from different regions of Russia and Argentina. After 8 hours to The shooting was joined by the Gran Telescopio Canarias, Mounted on top of the Muchachos Volcano in the Canaries, this is the most The largest optical telescope in the world. Explosion Gamma Burst designated as GRB140304A, this is the 12th of the most distant recorded explosions.
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