GCN Circular 44219
Subject
The EP-WXT trigger 01709259615 is likely a flaring star
Date
2026-04-05T12:27:55Z (16 days ago)
From
EP Team at NAOC/CAS <ep_ta@bao.ac.cn>
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R.-Z. Li (YNAO), Y. J. Yi (BNU), H.Q. Cheng and Z.-X. Ling (NAOC) on behalf of the Einstein Probe (EP) team:
The EP-WXT trigger 01709259615 at the time of 2026-04-05T12:01:49, is likely a stellar flare associated with RX J1411.0+0751. The estimated flux of the flare is around 1e-10 erg/s/cm^2 in 0.5-4.0 keV, corresponding to an X-ray luminosity of around 1.4e31 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).