TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  39127
SUBJECT: The EP-WXT trigger 01709131196 is likely a flaring star
DATE:    25/02/03 01:44:35 GMT
FROM:    EP Team at NAOC/CAS <ep_ta@bao.ac.cn>

H. Zhou (PMO, CAS), M.Q. Huang (USTC), X. Mao and Z.-X. Ling (NAOC, CAS) report on behalf of the Einstein Probe team:

The EP-WXT trigger (ID: 01709131196) on 2025-02-02T21:33:52 (UTC) is likely a stellar flare associated with a M-type star RX J0916.1+0153. The preliminary X-ray luminosity (0.5-10keV) is about 5.4 x 10^29 erg/s.

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