FRB 180916.J0158+65

FRB 20180916B (previously known as FRB 180916.J0158+65, and less formally known as FRB 180916 or "R3"), is a repeating fast radio burst (FRB) discovered in 2018 by astronomers at the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) Telescope. According to a study published in the 9 January 2020 issue of the journal Nature, CHIME astronomers, in cooperation with the radio telescopes at European VLBI Network (VLBI) and the optical telescope Gemini North on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, were able to pinpoint the source of FRB 180916 to a location within a Milky Way-like galaxy named SDSS J015800.28+654253.0. This places the source at redshift 0.0337, approximately 457 million light-years from the Solar System.

FRB 180916.J0158+65
Event typeFRB 20180916B
Fast radio burst
Date19 June 2019
InstrumentCHIME
ConstellationCassiopeia
Right ascension01h 58m 00.7502s
Declination+65° 43 00.3152
EpochJ2000
Distance486.0 ± 2.9 Mly (149.0 ± 0.9 Mpc)
Redshift0.0337 ± 0.0002
HostSDSS J015800.28+654253.0
Other designationsFRB 180916.J0158+65
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