# Gemini North image of the host galaxy of FRB 121102

> The optical image that turned the VLA's arcsecond position into a galaxy: a faint dwarf at redshift 0.193, the first host galaxy and distance for any…

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# Gemini North image of the host galaxy of FRB 121102

PhotographCC BY 4.0Observed 24–25 October and 2 November 2016; released 5 January 2017

[Cite][Download](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/0c0ee9a6f3e3b924b2f523585685957625d8aee9eb33308cdccac27e17d274a3)

[![Gemini North image of the host galaxy of FRB 121102: photo](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/0c0ee9a6f3e3b924b2f523585685957625d8aee9eb33308cdccac27e17d274a3/w800)](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/0c0ee9a6f3e3b924b2f523585685957625d8aee9eb33308cdccac27e17d274a3.jpg)

Gemini North image of the host galaxy of FRB 121102: photo

[![Gemini North image of the host galaxy of FRB 121102: photo](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/0c0ee9a6f3e3b924b2f523585685957625d8aee9eb33308cdccac27e17d274a3/w800)][![Gemini North image of the host galaxy of FRB 121102: picture](https://mysteriesdept.com/media/folio/fast-radio-bursts-a-frb121102-host-c0)]

The optical image that turned the VLA's arcsecond position into a galaxy: a faint dwarf at redshift 0.193, the first host galaxy and distance for any fast radio burst.

Gemini Observatory, 2016. CC BY 4.0

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**Photo** Gemini Observatory · noirlab.edu · 2017-01-05 · CC BY 4.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://noirlab.edu/public/images/gemini1701a/)[Download](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/0c0ee9a6f3e3b924b2f523585685957625d8aee9eb33308cdccac27e17d274a3)

**Picture** Gemini Observatory/AURA/NSF/NRC · noirlab.edu · CC BY 4.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://noirlab.edu/public/images/gemini1701a/)

## Where it was made

[Gemini North telescope, Maunakea, Hawaii](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CVCM8PY7AK0/gemini-north-telescope-maunakea-hawaii) · Optical telescope

## Sources 1

- [The Host Galaxy and Redshift of the Repeating Fast Radio Burst FRB 121102](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CVCM6RE21HJ/the-host-galaxy-and-redshift-of-the-repeating-fast-radio)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Gemini North image of the host galaxy of FRB 121102 [Artifact ART0CVCMSJ02D52]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0CVCMSJ02D52
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**ART** 0CVCMSJ02D52

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Gemini Observatory (NSF NOIRLab)

Dated

observed 24–25 October and 2 November 2016; released 5 January 2017

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CC BY 4.0

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[Gemini North telescope, Maunakea, Hawaii](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CVCM8PY7AK0/gemini-north-telescope-maunakea-hawaii)

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[Fast radio bursts and the origin of the one-off bursts](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/fast-radio-bursts)

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