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Optical and radio astrometry of the galaxy associated with FRB 150418

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posted on 2024-08-06, 10:30 authored by C. G. Bassa, R. Beswick, S. J. Tingay, E. F. Keane, S. Bhandari, S. Johnston, T. Totani, N. Tominaga, N. Yasuda, B. W. Stappers, Ewan Barr, M. Kramer, A. Possenti
A fading radio source, coincident in time and position with the fast radio burst FRB 150418, has been associated with the galaxy WISE J071634.59-190039.2. Subsequent observations of this galaxy have revealed that it contains a persistent, but variable, radio source. We present e-Multi-Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network, Very Long Baseline Array, and Australia Telescope Compact Array radio observations and Subaru optical observations of WISE J071634.59-190039.2 and find that the persistent radio source is unresolved and must be compact (<0.01 kpc), and that its location is consistent with the optical centre of the galaxy. We conclude that it is likely that WISE J071634.59-190039.2 contains a weak radio active galactic nucleus.

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CE110001020:ARC

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1745-3933

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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters

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463

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1

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4 pp

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Oxford University Press

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This article has been accepted for publication in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Copyright © 2016 The authors. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society.

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eng

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