gamma-ray bursts: individual: GRB 060505

The host of the SN-less GRB 060505 in high resolution

The spiral host galaxy of the Swift GRB 060505 at z = 0.089 was the site of a puzzling long duration burst without an accompanying supernova. Studies of the burst environment by Thöne et al. suggested that this Gamma-ray Burst (GRB) came from the …