{
  "circularId": 40568,
  "body": "D. F. Hu (PMO, CAS), S. Q. Jiang, W. X. Wang, Y. J. Song, C. C. Jin (NAO, CAS) on behalf of the Einstein Probe (EP) team:\n\nThe EP-WXT trigger 01709177124 at the time of 2025-05-28T16:45:02, is likely a stellar flare associated with Gaia DR3 5778356748440163840. The estimated flux of the flare is around 1.4 x 10^(-10) erg/s/cm^2 in 0.5-4.0 keV, corresponding to an X-ray luminosity of around 2.5 x 10^(31) erg/s.\n\nLaunched 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).",
  "format": "text/plain",
  "createdOn": 1748491207015,
  "subject": "The EP-WXT trigger 01709177124 is likely a flaring star",
  "bibcode": "2025GCN.40568....1H",
  "submitter": "EP Team at NAOC/CAS <ep_ta@bao.ac.cn>",
  "submittedHow": "web"
}