{
  "createdOn": 1774233961852,
  "submittedHow": "web",
  "submitter": "EP Team at NAOC/CAS <ep_ta@bao.ac.cn>",
  "circularId": 44085,
  "format": "text/plain",
  "bibcode": "2026GCN.44085....1H",
  "body": "Y.L. Hua (PMO, CAS), T. Zhao, W. Chen, Y. Liu (NAOC, CAS) on behalf of the Einstein Probe team\n\nThe EP-WXT trigger 01709259045 at the time of 2026-03-22T23:47:38, is likely a stellar flare associated with 2MASS J15570856+2749007. The estimated flux of the flare is around 6e-11 erg/s/cm^2 in 0.5-4 keV, corresponding to an X-ray luminosity of around 4.31e+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).\n\n\n",
  "subject": "The EP-WXT trigger 01709259045 is likely a flaring star"
}