Fig. 1. The extreme brightness of GRB 221009A.
(A) Top left: Histogram of gamma-ray fluence for Fermi (blue; 10 to 1000 keV) and BATSE (gray; 50 to 300 keV) GRBs compared to GRB 221009A. (B) Bottom left: Isotropic-equivalent gamma-ray energy (1 keV to 10 MeV) versus redshift for a sample of long-duration GRBs compiled from (44, 64). (C) Right: Observed x-ray afterglow light curves in the Swift XRT (03 to 10 keV) energy band for a sample of long-duration GRBs. GRB 221009A is the brightest x-ray afterglow ever observed.