Persistent Signal Catalog · Class II
FRB 20200120E
A nearby repeating fast radio burst source localized to a globular cluster in the M81 system. The old stellar environment makes it a high-value comparison record for source-context discipline.
A nearby repeating fast radio burst source localized to a globular cluster in the M81 system. The old stellar environment makes it a high-value comparison record for source-context discipline.
Public packet
- globular-cluster localization summary
- nearby repeater comparison note
- burst-energy and fluence cross-reference
- host-environment interpretation caution
Review controls
- Coordinate source
- Nature localization: RA 09h57m54.69935s, Dec +68d49m00.8529s
- Uncertainty
- Milliarcsecond-scale localization reported in source literature
- Release state
- External literature case retained for comparison
- Marker use
- localized repeating FRB source in M81 globular cluster
Processing notes
- VLBI localization review
- burst arrival-time and fluence comparison
- host-environment crosswalk
- nearby-FRB population comparison
Ordinary-source checks
- globular-cluster association complicates young-magnetar-only explanations
- public record separates localization from mechanism
- burst energetics are compared against other repeaters
Release limits
- public marker follows the published localization
- no proprietary observing cadence is included
- environmental interpretation remains under study