TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  41599
SUBJECT: The EP-WXT trigger 01709200994 is likely a flaring star
DATE:    25/08/30 03:22:25 GMT
FROM:    EP Team at NAOC/CAS <ep_ta@bao.ac.cn>

K.R. Ni (CCNU), X. Tian (GXU), Y. J. Song (NAO,CAS) and R. D. Liang, W. D. Zhang (NAO,CAS) on behalf of the Einstein Probe (EP) team:

The EP-WXT trigger 01709200994 at the time of 2025-08-29 20:57:26, is likely a stellar flare associated with LP 524-48. The estimated flux of the flare is around 6.92e-12 erg/s/cm^2 in 0.5-4.0 keV, corresponding to an X-ray luminosity of around 4.52e29 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).