{
  "body": "H. Zhou, Y. F. Liang (PMO), K. R. Ni (CCNU), C.-K. Kan (HKU), H. Sun (NAO, CAS) on behalf of the Einstein Probe (EP) team:\n\nWe report on the follow-up analysis of the X-ray transient candidate EP260707a, initially triggered the Wide-field X-ray Telescope (WXT) on board the Einstein Probe (EP) mission (Zhou et al. GCN 45107) also followed by optical telescopes (Liu et al. GCN 45109, Strausbaugh et al. GCN 45110)\n\nFollowing the analysis of the telemetry data, we found that the EP260707a is not a real transient. The uncatalogued X-ray source subsequently detected by the Follow-up X-ray Telescope (FXT) within the WXT error circle is considered as a coincidental alignment, rather than a counterpart to a real transient.\n\nWe apologize for any inconvenience caused to the community.\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",
  "eventId": "EP260707a",
  "circularId": 45111,
  "submitter": "EP Team at NAOC/CAS <ep_ta@bao.ac.cn>",
  "bibcode": "2026GCN.45111....1Z",
  "format": "text/plain",
  "subject": "EP260707a is not a real source",
  "submittedHow": "web",
  "createdOn": 1783478097342
}