{
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  "body": "Q.-Y. Wu (NAOC, CAS), J. Yang (NJU), X.-Y. Zhou (PRIC) and C.-C. Jin (NAOC, CAS) report on behalf of the Einstein Probe team:\n\nThe 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.\n\nLaunched 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).",
  "bibcode": "2025GCN.39026....1W",
  "submitter": "EP Team at NAOC/CAS <ep_ta@bao.ac.cn>",
  "circularId": 39026,
  "subject": "The EP-WXT trigger 01709130758 is a false trigger",
  "createdOn": 1737780866782,
  "format": "text/plain"
}