GCN Circular 43962
Subject
EP260302a: MeerKAT radio counterpart
Event
Date
2026-03-11T15:56:12Z (6 days ago)
From
Francesco Carotenuto at INAF/OAR <francesco.carotenuto@inaf.it>
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F. Carotenuto (INAF-OAR), J. Bright (Oxford), P. G. Jonker (Radboud), on behalf of a larger collaboration
We observed the field of EP260302a detected by the Einstein Probe (GCN 43899, 43906, 43932) with the MeerKAT radio telescope on 2026-03-10, from 18:00 UTC to 18:46 UTC (with a total time on source of 44 minutes) using the S-band receiver at a central frequency of 3.06 GHz. Analysing the SARAO Science Data Processor output continuum image we detect a source at the position of EP260302a (RA 08:51:53.7, DEC -65:59:01) with a flux density of around 170 uJy/beam, and with a typical image noise of around 8 uJy/beam.
Further observations are planned.
We thank the SARAO staff for rapidly scheduling these observations. The MeerKAT telescope is operated by the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory, which is a facility of the National Research Foundation, an agency of the Department of Science and Innovation. This work has made use of the "MPIfR S-band receiver system" designed, constructed and maintained by funding of the MPI für Radioastronomie and the Max-Planck-Society.