CATALOG: SEP 2026
2026-10-20 17:02:27 UTC
JD 2461334.21
STATION 04 · MULTI-MESSENGER OBSERVATORY WIRE · BENCHMARK ARCHIVE · VERIFIED SEP 2026

High-Energy Transient Alert Desk

Continuous verification desk for extreme cosmological transients: gravitational waves from compact mergers, millisecond fast radio bursts, ultra-relativistic gamma-ray jets, and astrophysical PeV neutrinos. Curating landmark benchmark detections alongside verified astrophysical telemetry.

Indexed Transients ⚡
16
Multi-messenger events catalogued
Deepest Cosmic Horizon REDSHIFT
z = 1.19
AT 2022cmc · 8.5 Billion light-years
Shortest Coherent Pulse DURATION
0.33 ms
FRB 20220610A · ASKAP detection
Max Photon Energy ENERGY
18 TeV
GRB 221009A · LHAASO gamma-ray
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Curated Benchmark Archive · Verified September 2026 This station catalogs landmark multi-messenger detections across observational astrophysics. Each alert dossier preserves discovery telemetry, multi-observatory followup networks, and peer-reviewed reference parameters.
Archive Active
All Wire (16) Gravitational Wave (3) Supernova / FBOT (1) Fast Radio Burst (4) Gamma-Ray Burst (3) Supernova / Optical (2) Tidal Disruption Event (1) High-Energy Neutrino (2)
FRB 20240114A
CHIME/FRB & FAST (Guizhou)
Fast Radio Burst
Sky Coordinates
21h 20m 30.0s · +21° 33' 14"
Luminosity Distance
1.7 Billion ly
Constellation
Equuleus
Redshift
z = 0.1300

Hyperactive Repeating Magnetar Burst in Metal-Poor Dwarf Galaxy

Initially identified by CHIME/FRB and subsequently monitored with high cadence by FAST and MeerKAT, FRB 20240114A became one of the most prolific repeating radio bursts known. It exhibits over 500 catalogued pulses with complex sub-pulse drifting and frequency-dependent polarization, confirming an active young magnetar engine in a low-metallicity dwarf galaxy.

FAST MeerKAT
FRB 20220610A
ASKAP (Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder)
Fast Radio Burst
Sky Coordinates
21h 22m 57.0s · -45° 24' 30"
Luminosity Distance
8.0 Billion ly (z = 1.016)
Constellation
Grus
Redshift
z = 1.0160

Record-Breaking Cosmological Burst at Redshift z = 1.016

FRB 20220610A is the most distant and energetic fast radio burst ever recorded. Detected by ASKAP in Western Australia, its extreme dispersion measure (DM = 1458.1 pc cm⁻³) pointed to a deep cosmological origin. Follow-up imaging with ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) localized the burst to a dense group of at least five interacting galaxies 8 billion light-years away.

ESO VLT (FORS2) Hubble Space Telescope ATCA
FRB 200428
CHIME/FRB & STARE2
Fast Radio Burst
Sky Coordinates
19h 34m 55.5s · +21° 53' 47"
Luminosity Distance
30,000 ly (9.0 kpc)
Constellation
Vulpecula (SGR 1935+2154)
Redshift
z = 0.0000

First Galactic FRB: Direct Magnetar Engine Confirmation

A paradigm-shifting event in transient astrophysics. FRB 200428 was detected by CHIME and STARE2 originating from the active Galactic magnetar SGR 1935+2154 inside the Milky Way (approx. 30,000 light-years away). Simultaneous hard X-ray bursts observed by HXMT, INTEGRAL, and Konus-Wind proved beyond doubt that magnetars are capable of producing FRB-scale coherent radio emissions.

Insight-HXMT INTEGRAL (IBIS) FAST 500m Telescope
FRB 20121102A
Arecibo Observatory / Karl G. Jansky VLA
Fast Radio Burst
Sky Coordinates
05h 33m 06.0s · +33° 08' 50"
Luminosity Distance
3.0 Billion ly (z = 0.193)
Constellation
Auriga
Redshift
z = 0.1930

The Original Repeating FRB with Extreme Faraday Magneto-Ionic Medium

FRB 20121102A was the first repeating fast radio burst ever discovered, shattering the theory that all FRBs are cataclysmic one-off events. Localized by the VLA to a low-mass, low-metallicity dwarf galaxy at z = 0.193, it exhibits one of the highest Faraday rotation measures ever observed (|RM| ~ 10^5 rad m⁻²), pointing to an environment near a massive black hole or dense supernova remnant.

EVN (European VLBI) Gemini North Chandra / XMM-Newton