Gamma Ray Burst


The research

Since 2011, after the implementation of full observatory automation it was possible to activate the program follow-up of Gamma Ray Burst . These explosions in the gamma rays produce enormous amounts of energy, such as to be visible at a distance cosmic for short periods of time ( from a few minutes to a few hours ). At the same time flashes occur in visible light called "afterglows" also lasting a few minutes. It 's impossible to plan ahead so the observation of GRB. To work in this field is necessary to collaborate with the NASA team that coordinates the activities of the satellites that detect GRB events. To this purpose NASA has established a network of observatories called Gamma- ray Coordinates Network to which the Observatory of Bassano Bresciano was associated. Whenever a satellite reveals a GRB phenomenon, NASA collects and analyzes information quickly and automatically notifies all observers of the network events worthy of being observed. In this way the astronomical observatories which are in condition visibility and operation can be performed observations of the hot phenomenon.

Every night when the observatory is operating with a session of osservazionni automatic, are continuously monitored GRB alert notifications that NASA sends over the network. When an alert is detected, the computer observatory assess whether the object is sufficiently above the horizon in order to be observed. If the test is successful, the computer stops the ongoing observations, automatically points the GRB and began to photograph it for the rest of the night.



Once analyzed and measured the images of the GRB observatory in turn sends the results via the network GCN Circular.

Detected events

28/12/2011

GRB111228A

06/01/2012

GRB120106A

16/01/2012

GRB120116A

26/03/2012

GRB120326A

11/08/2012

GRB120811C

16/08/2012

GRB120816A

19/08/2012

GRB120819A

18/04/2013

GRB130418A

04/05/2013

GRB130504A

13/05/2013

GRB130513A

30/10/2013

GRB131030A

27/11/2013

GRB131127A

27/11/2013

GRB131127B

28/11/2013

GRB131128A

02/12/2013

GRB131202A

06/02/2014

GRB140206A

11/03/2014

GRB140311A

31/10/2014

GRB141031B

13/04/2015

GRB150413A

31/01/2016

GRB160131A

04/05/2016

GRB160504A

03/07/2016

GRB160703A

24/08/2016

GRB160824A

25/09/2016

GRB160925A

27/09/2016

GRB160927A

06/01/2019

GRB190106A

14/04/2023

GRB230414B

27/04/2023

GRB230427A

23/07/2023

GRB230723B

05/08/2023

GRB230805B

12/08/2023

GRB230812B

18/08/2023

GRB230818A

24/08/2023

GRB230824A

27/07/2024

GRB240727A

02/08/2024

GRB240802A

05/08/2024

GRB240805B

09/08/2024

GRB240809A

11/08/2024

GRB240811A

28/08/2024

GRB240828A