VLT/FORS2 20″ × 20″ B-band image (7800 s) of PSR J0108−1431. The VLBI pulsar positions at the epochs of our FORS2 (2009.64) and FORS1 (2000.6) observations (Mignani et al. 2003) are marked by the black crosses, while that of the candidate counterpart is marked by the white cross. The cross arms correspond to the 3σ error on our absolute FORS2 astrometry. The arrow indicates the pulsar proper motion direction and its length (5″) the expected 30 yr displacement.