TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  39025
SUBJECT: The EP-WXT trigger 01709130758 is a false trigger
DATE:    25/01/25 04:50:44 GMT
FROM:    EP Team at NAOC/CAS <ep_ta@bao.ac.cn>

The EP-WXT trigger (ID 01709130758) on 2025-01-24T20:52:02.899 (UTC) is a false trigger, likely caused by the nearby known extended bright source 3C 84, and does not correspond to a real transient.

Launched on January 9, 2024, EP is a space X-ray observatory to monitor the soft X-ray sky with onboard X-ray follow-up capability (Yuan et al. 2022, Handbook of X-ray and Gamma-ray Astrophysics).