Persistent Signal Catalog · Class II
FRB 121102
The first fast radio burst found to repeat, in the direction of Auriga. Its recurrence transformed the study of the phenomenon without explaining it.
The first fast radio burst found to repeat, in the direction of Auriga. Its recurrence transformed the study of the phenomenon without explaining it.
Public packet
- catalog abstract
- classification rationale
- public source links
- J2000 plotting coordinates
Review controls
- Coordinate source
- Arecibo Observatory public coordinates
- Uncertainty
- Published or catalogued coordinate, rounded for public display
- Release state
- External literature case retained for comparison
- Marker use
- localized repeating-source field
Processing notes
- source publication review
- coordinate normalization for Night Watch where available
- classification against FAL behavioral taxonomy
- retention as a public comparison case
Ordinary-source checks
- source interpretation retained from the cited literature
- public summary avoids unsupported origin claims
- comparison use is behavioral rather than evidentiary
Release limits
- interpretation remains with the cited source record
- FAL classification is behavioral and does not replace the original literature
- coordinates are shown only when stable public values are available