EA077
e-EVN: EA077A, RSB04, RM020
We propose parallax and proper motion observations of a newly found, enigmatic radio source, which we refer to as J1840+0505, to help constrain its distance and Galactic location. The information available rule out almost any type of source, indicating that it may be an uncommon object with rarely-seen properties. It may possibly a very low obliquity, radio-loud but non-pulsing magnetar: an exciting prospect. J1840+0505 is bright in radio (a few mJy at 10 GHz), and located ~5deg out of the Galactic Plane; it will be straightforward to perform EVN observations and obtain a parallax and proper motion to help constrain the properties of this strange source.
Observation pages at the EVN archive:
This data is part of the archive of VLBI data maintained by JIVE on behalf of the EVN, a network of radio telescopes located primarily in Europe and Asia, with additional antennas in South Africa. The EVN archive itself has the DOI https://doi.org/10.17616/R3Z197