GCN Circular 44099
Subject
The EP-WXT trigger 01709259112 is likely a flaring star
Date
2026-03-24T06:03:54Z (a month ago)
From
EP Team at NAOC/CAS <ep_ta@bao.ac.cn>
Via
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X. H. Tang, C. Y. Wang (THU), A. Li (BNU), Z. X. Ling (NAO, CAS) on behalf of the Einstein Probe (EP) team:
The EP-WXT trigger 01709259112 at the time of 2026-03-24T04:51:45, is likely a stellar flare associated with Young stellar object SCOCENSUS 132-087992. The estimated flux of the flare is around 1.8×10^(-10) erg/s/cm^2 in 0.5-4.0 keV, corresponding to an X-ray luminosity of around 2.8×10^32 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).