Amazing that this burst lasted longer than a minute or two. I have a question. According to the article "The collapse of the star's core triggers jets of relativistic matter so powerful that they bore outward through the star and into the surrounding space." Are those jets of matter leaving the star in all directions or in just two (thru the former star's north and south magnetic poles)? I always thought it was the latter and, if so, that would mean that we were in the line of fire from one of those jets. But now I'm not so sure as the article went on to say that they hope to continue to monitor it within the next few days as "interactions with shells of gas previously shed by the dying star creates dazzling outbursts of light", which conjures up images in my mind of V838 Monocerotis http://hubblesite.org/gallery/album/entire/pr2005002g/web_print/ For that to happen would seem to indicate that the jets of gas are omnidirectional. ________________________________ From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, May 6, 2013 11:58 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] GRB On 06 May 2013, at 17:10, Joe Bauman wrote:
I think this is Patrick's GRP .... Lucky guy! http://news.yahoo.com/record-breaking-star-explosion-most-powerful-ever-seen...
Here's Sky & Telescope's take: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/newsblog/Brilliant-GRB-Blas... patrick _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".