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starting 6 hours after the burst was detected. The X-ray afterglow of the burst was surrounded by two concentric rings which increased in size as time elapsed. This was the first X-ray halo that had ever been observed around a gamma-ray burst. The rings were caused by light being scattered off of
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of z = 0.105, GRB 031203 was both the closest and faintest gamma-ray burst that had ever been observed. It was about 1.3 billion light-years from Earth. Gamma-ray bursts, which generally emit roughly the same amount of energy, had previously been treated as
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were notable exceptions to the standard candle model due to their low energy output. This led some researchers to believe that GRB 031203 may have been an
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Dado, Schlomo; Dar, Arnon (July 10, 2005). "The Double-Peak Spectral Energy Density of Gamma-Ray Bursts and the True Identity of GRB 031203".
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Sazonov, S. Yu.; et al. (August 5, 2004). "An apparently normal gamma-ray burst with an unusually low luminosity".
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Watson, D.; et al. (April 20, 2004). "A Very Low Luminosity X-Ray Flash: XMM-Newton Observations of GRB 031203".
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Vaughan, S.; et al. (March 1, 2004). "The Discovery of an Evolving Dust-scattered X-Ray Halo around GRB 031203".
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and −39° 51′ 03.90″. The burst's afterglow was detected in optical wavelengths by the
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flash associated with an explosion in a distant galaxy and producing
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columns of dust between the gamma-ray burst and the detector.
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However, GRB 031203 and the earlier 18: 7: 306:Bourban, Gerald (December 4, 2003). 14: 308:"GRB031203: Optical Observations" 158:on December 3, 2003, at 22:01:28 746: 734: 722: 710: 698: 686: 503:from the original on 2023-07-24. 337:Frail, Dale (December 6, 2003). 244:Gotz, Diego (December 3, 2003). 83: 174:, and X-ray wavelengths by the 769:Long-duration gamma-ray bursts 1: 339:"GRB 031203: Radio detection" 122:, the most energetic form of 170:, radio wavelengths by the 154:GRB 031203 was detected by 800: 569:The Astrophysical Journal 516:The Astrophysical Journal 491:"2012: Fear No Supernova" 375:The Astrophysical Journal 124:electromagnetic radiation 94: 81: 226:List of gamma-ray bursts 89:Related media on Commons 77:GRB 031203, SN 2003lw 779:December 2003 events 784:Astronomical events 652:10.1038/nature02748 644:2004Natur.430..646S 591:2004ApJ...605L.101W 538:2005ApJ...627L.109D 461:10.1038/nature02757 453:2004Natur.430..648S 397:2004ApJ...603L...5V 355:2003GCN..2473....1F 324:2003GCN..2465....1B 262:2003GCN..2459....1G 21: 168:Mercator Telescope 74:Other designations 628:(7000): 646–648. 499:. 13 April 2015. 437:(7000): 648–650. 105: 104: 791: 751: 750: 749: 739: 738: 737: 727: 726: 725: 715: 714: 703: 702: 701: 691: 690: 682: 672: 671: 637: 635:astro-ph/0408095 617: 611: 610: 584: 582:astro-ph/0401225 575:(2): L101–L104. 564: 558: 557: 531: 529:astro-ph/0409466 522:(2): L109–L112. 511: 505: 504: 487: 481: 480: 446: 444:astro-ph/0408096 427:Soderberg, A. 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