Steep extinction towards GRB 140506A reconciled from host galaxy observations: Evidence that steep reddening laws are local

K. E. Heintz, J. P. U. Fynbo, P. Jakobsson +14

We present the spectroscopic and photometric late-time follow-up of the host galaxy of the long-duration Swift gamma-ray burst GRB 140506A at z = 0.889. The optical and near-infrar…