CubeSat GBRAlpha, launched by our colleague Norbert Werner and his team, detects the second gamma-ray burst. Thanks to the Nordic Optical Telescope, we also know the redshift of the burst, which was emitted 10 billion years ago. The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory Team determined the exact coordinates of the burst in the Aquila constellation.
More information at: https://gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov/gcn3/30697.gcn3
Determination of the redshift: https://gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov/gcn3/30692.gcn3
Burst localization: https://gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov/gcn3/30677.gcn3
Tomáš Kašparovský, the dean of the Faculty of Science, awarded the best students of the Faculty of Science MU. From the Department of Physical Electronics, dr. Tereza Schmidtová and dr. Miroslav Šnírer were awarded. From the Department of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics was awarded Tomáš Plšek. From study program Physics, also a biophysicist Lukáš Sukeník was also awarded.
