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Optical and radio astrometry of the galaxy associated with FRB 150418

  • C. G. Bassa
  • , R. Beswick
  • , S. J. Tingay
  • , E. F. Keane
  • , S. Bhandari
  • , S. Johnston
  • , T. Totani
  • , N. Tominaga
  • , N. Yasuda
  • , B. W. Stappers
  • , E. D. Barr
  • , M. Kramer
  • , A. Possenti
  • Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy
  • University of Manchester
  • Curtin University
  • INAF National Institute for Astrophysics
  • Swinburne University of Technology
  • ARC Centre of Excellence for All-Sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO)
  • Commonwealth Scientific Industrial and Research Organization
  • University of Tokyo
  • Konan University
  • Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie
  • Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)L36-L40
JournalMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Volume463
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Nov 2016
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Galaxies: active
  • Pulsars: general
  • Stars: neutron

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