GCN Circular 39025
Subject
The EP-WXT trigger 01709130758 is a false trigger
Date
2025-01-25T04:50:44Z (17 days ago)
From
EP Team at NAOC/CAS <ep_ta@bao.ac.cn>
Via
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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).