RG015
Core of a possibly new microquasar
MAXI J1744-294 is a new bright galactic transient discovered by MAXI early 2025, only 18" away from Sgr A*. While the exact nature of the source is currently unknown, we have detected several radio knots moving away from the core at large velocity, suggesting that this transient may be a new microquasar. We also noticed that the core surprisingly stays very bright. We propose to observe MAXI J1744-294 in order to directly image this core. This observation will enable us to (1) unveil the structure of the core, and compare the compact jets (if any) and radio knots position angles, and (2) precisely localize the transient for future high-angular-resolution observations.
Observation pages at the EVN archive:
Context for this dataThis 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