AGC 322753: a Dark Galaxy Candidate detected by ALFALFA and FASHI

We report the possible detection of a Dark Galaxy Candidate (DGC; AGC 322753), via the cross-matching of the Arecibo Legacy Fast ALFA (ALFALFA) and the FAST All Sky H i (FASHI) H i blind surveys. It is detected by both surveys at the same recessional velocity, with a comparable H i mass of 2 × 109 M⊙, and with similar H i spectral features. The ALFALFA and FASHI spectra show a double-peaked profile, compatible with a disc-like ordered rotation, and an H i linewidth at 50 per cent of the peak (W50) of ~85 km s−1. The common intersection of the two beams allows the source position to be constrained with much greater precision than in either survey individually. Being detected by both radio telescopes, a Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) origin is excluded. No evidence of an optical counterpart was found down to ~ 27.5 mag arcsec−2 in the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys, which leads to a stellar mass limit of M★ ≲ 5 × 107 M⊙. Given this stellar mass limit, AGC 322753 has MHI/M★ ≳ 40. The H i mass is higher than expected for totally starless haloes; this could imply that AGC 322753 is not completely ‘dark’ but could host a luminous counterpart below the current optical detection limit.