Talk:List of gamma-ray bursts

refs
This may be a good ref to use for the current table... 

76.66.197.2 (talk) 11:54, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

Why isn't the GRB of SGR1806-20 included?
"On December 27, 2004, the radiation from an explosion on the surface of SGR 1806-20 reached Earth.[2] In terms of gamma rays the burst was brighter than a full moon and had an absolute magnitude of around −291. It was the brightest event known to have been sighted on this planet from an origin outside our solar system. The gamma rays struck the ionosphere and created more ionization which briefly expanded the ionosphere. The magnetar released more energy in one-tenth of a second (1.3×1039 J) than our sun has released in 100,000 years (4×1026 W × 3.2×1012 s = 1.3×1039 J). Such a burst is thought to be the largest explosion observed by humans in the galaxy since the SN 1604 supernova observed by Johannes Kepler in 1604."

Am I missing something? Shouldn't this event be included in the list? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.223.140.193 (talk) 06:31, 14 February 2011 (UTC)


 * 1026 1012 1039 ? Presumably 10^26, 10^12, 10^39. - Rod57 (talk) 23:15, 18 October 2022 (UTC)


 * Well... SGRs are repeating sources, so is there a designation for this particular event? And it's very weak compared to the GRBs from the distant universe. For instance the SN1987A San Dulek explosion is more powerful than SN1604, and was observed with the naked eye, but occurred outside of our galaxy. 65.94.44.141 (talk) 16:31, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

Most energetic - ambiguous - photons or total event
"Most energetic" lists max photon energy, so presumably it is "most energetic photons" (amended). Can we also have most energetic burst (in estimated ergs or joules ?) or is that rarely estimated due to unknown beaming ? (GRB 221009A Early estimates put the energy of the GRB between 10^54 and 10^55 ergs, with photon energies up to 18 TeV ) - Rod57 (talk) 09:36, 19 October 2022 (UTC)