$1\rlap.{''}2$ to the NW of the jet, and first identified as an independent source here. It is unresolved angularly and may probably trace an independent star. In the 2006.42 image, it shows a faint extension to the west.

Source E
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Source E is a barely detected source located about $10''$ to the east of the core of IRAS 16547-4247. It is located outside of the region shown in Figure 2, and is unresolved in angular size. A contour image of this source is shown in Figure 3. The *a priori probability of finding a 3.6 cm background source with a flux density of $\sim$0.14 mJy (the average flux density of the two epochs) in a solid angle of $20'' \times 20''$ is only $\sim$0.003 (Windhorst et al. 1993). We conclude that this radio source most probably traces a young star embedded in this region.*

Search for variation and proper motions
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Analysis of Figure 2 and Table 1 indicates that significant flux density or morphological variations are observed only in three sources: the jet source, N-1, and S-1. This is not unexpected, since these are the three brightest sources in the field and small variations in position or flux 