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CHIME detects Fast Radio Burst with DM=104.7 pc/cm³ at high significance
AI Summary
CHIME/FRB Real-time Search Pipeline detected FRB 1179258480 on 2026-10-01 at 15:05:43 UTC with a signal-to-noise ratio of 13.1 and importance score of 0.9998. The burst exhibits a dispersion measure of 104.73±0.40 pc/cm³, localized to RA=116.02°, Dec=51.71° with ~0.76° positional uncertainty. The event was observed in the 400-800 MHz band with 2 polarizations; no follow-up observations or human-written circulars have been reported yet.
Measurements
| Event ID | 1179258480 |
|---|---|
| Source | CHIME |
| Alert type | FRB |
| Significance | medium |
| Trigger time (UTC) | Thu, 01 Oct 2026 15:05:43 GMT |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 116.0173733° |
| Declination (J2000) | 51.7136357° |
| Dispersion measure | 104.732933 pc/cm³ |
| SNR | 13.0641975 |
| GCN notices | 1 |
| GCN circulars | 0 |
Notices (1)
CHIME — FRB · Thu, 01 Oct 2026 15:05:43 GMT
AI summary generated Thu, 01 Oct 2026 19:22:25 GMT.