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GRB 100621A

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Other designations
  
GRB 100621A

Date
  
21 June 2010

Constellation
  
Indus

Event type
  
Gamma-ray burst

Duration
  
63.6±1.7 second

GRB 100621A

Instrument
  
Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission

GRB 100621A was a gamma-ray burst observed on June 21, 2010, by the Swift spacecraft. It is the second brightest gamma-ray burst yet observed, after GRB 130427A. The distance is reported to be approximately five billion light years, far outside our own Milky Way Galaxy.

References

GRB 100621A Wikipedia