Abstract : The very-high energy (VHE, E > 100 GeV) gamma-ray sky shows diverse Galactic and extragalactic source populations. For some sources the astrophysical object class could not be identified so far. The nature (Galactic or extragalactic) of the VHE gamma-ray source HESS J1943+213 is explored. We specifically investigate the proposed near-infrared counterpart 2MASS J19435624+2118233 of HESS J1943+213 and investigate the implications of a physical association. We present K-band imaging from the 3.5 meter CAHA telescope of 2MASS J19435624+2118233. Furthermore, 5 years of Fermi-LAT data were analyzed to search for a high-energy (HE, 100 MeV
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D. Peter, W. Domainko, D. A. Sanchez, A. van der Wel, W. Gässler. The host galaxy and Fermi-LAT counterpart of HESS J1943+213. Astronomy and Astrophysics - A&A, EDP Sciences, 2015, 571, pp.A41. ⟨10.1051/0004-6361/201423807⟩. ⟨in2p3-01128618⟩