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SGR 1935+2154

(Milky Way SGR generating FRBs)

SGR 1935+2154 is a soft gamma repeater (SGR), the object discovered in 2014 and determined to have produced a fast radio burst (FRB) detected in April 2020 (FRB200428), making it the first FRB source found within the Milky Way. It has since been discovered to be an FRB repeater. It is theorized to be a magnetar.


(neutron star)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SGR_1935%2B2154
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020ATel13699....1Z/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021NatAs...5..414K/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016MNRAS.457.3448I/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016MNRAS.460.2008K/abstract
RedshiftParsecs
/Distance
Lightyears
/Lookback Years
  
~010kpc30.0klySGR 1935+2154
Coordinates:SGR 1935+2154
J1935+2154

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