Morocco's Oukaimeden Observatory Detects Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglow
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- 01 Aug 2022
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Exciting news for sky gazers as the Oukaimeden Observatory’s telescope near Marrakech detected a Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) afterglow.
Morocco’s news agency MAP quoted a statement from the observatory as indicating that the afterglow was detected by the MOSS telescope.
The observatory detected the afterglow at 8 a.m. after an alert was given by NASA’s FERMI space telescope and the European Space Agency’s Integral satellite, which are both dedicated to detecting Gamma Bursts.
Gamma-ray bursts also known as GRBS are quick flashes of y-rays, which are considered to be the most explosive phenomena in the universe.
The Oukaimeden observatory said that its MOSS telescope detected an explosion on May 14, which gave risk to the signal.
“Eight hours after receiving the alert, we pointed the Oukaimeden MOSS telescope towards the position indicated by the NASA and ESA telescope,” the observatory said.
Zouhair Bekhaldoun, teacher-researcher at the Marrakech-based University of Sciences Semlalia and the directory of the observatory of Cadi Ayyad University in Marrakech said the Oukaimeden observatory telescope is the only one in this part of the globe to have detected this phenomenon. Read More...
