Color image of Swift 1644+57

International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

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.

About the Image

ID: geminiann11008a
Type: Observation

About the Object

Name: Swift J1644+57

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