Color image of Swift 1644+57
Color image obtained with Gemini North using GMOS (r and z-band) and NIRI (K-band). The source, Swift 1644+57, is the red object in the center of the image. It's very red color is likely due to heavy extinction in the host, so that the outburst light is visible only in the infrared.
Credit:International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
About the Image
| Id: | geminiann11008a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | June 16, 2011, 1:45 p.m. |
| Related announcements: | geminiann11008 |
| Size: | 500 x 384 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Swift J1644+57 |
| Category: | Stars |
