{
  "submitter": "EP Team at NAOC/CAS <ep_ta@bao.ac.cn>",
  "createdOn": 1763123629913,
  "body": "Z. H. Yang, Q. C. Zhao, Z. X. Li, G. L. Huang, J. Y. Cao (IHEP), J. P. Chen (SYSU), Y. J. Yi (BNU), H. Q. Cheng, H. Sun (NAO, CAS), on behalf of the Einstein Probe (EP) team:\n\nThe EP-WXT trigger 01709248221 at the time of 2025-11-14T11:16:43, is likely a stellar flare associated with EM* LkCa 4. The estimated flux of the flare is around 8e-11 erg/s/cm^2 in 0.5-4.0 keV, corresponding to an X-ray luminosity of around 1.6e+32 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).",
  "bibcode": "2025GCN.42679....1Y",
  "circularId": 42679,
  "format": "text/plain",
  "submittedHow": "web",
  "subject": "The EP-WXT trigger 01709248221 is likely a flaring star"
}