Fermi LAT detection of a possible new extragalactic gamma-ray source in the vicinity of PKS 0646-306
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2012-01-01
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Abstract
The Large Area Telescope (LAT), on board the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, has observed a gamma-ray flare from a new gamma-ray source. The preliminary best-fit location of the gamma-ray source (RA=102.08 deg, DEC= -30.87 deg, J2000) has a 95% containment radius of 30 arcmin (statistical errors only). The flat spectrum radio source PKS 0646-306 (RA 06h48m14.0964s Dec -30d44m19.659s, J2000, Fey et al.