TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  41561
SUBJECT: The EP-WXT trigger 01709200800 is likely a flaring star
DATE:    25/08/27 12:46:25 GMT
FROM:    EP Team at NAOC/CAS <ep_ta@bao.ac.cn>

K. R. Ni (CCNU), Y. L. Hua (PMO,CAS) M. J. Liu and C. C. Jin (NAO,CAS) on behalf of the Einstein Probe (EP) team:

The EP-WXT trigger 01709200800 at the time of 2025-08-27T11:22:22, is likely a stellar flare associated with LSPM J0220+3320. The estimated flux of the flare is around 4.87e-11 erg/s/cm^2 in 0.5-4.0 keV, corresponding to an X-ray luminosity of around 1.61e31 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).