{
  "eventType": [
    "X-ray Transient"
  ],
  "submittedHow": "web",
  "circularId": 45382,
  "format": "text/plain",
  "subject": "The EP-WXT trigger 01709279838 is likely a flaring star",
  "body": "R.-Z. Li (YNAO), G. L. Huang (IHEP) and Y. Liu (NAOC) on behalf of the Einstein Probe (EP) team:\n\nThe EP-WXT trigger 01709279838 at the time of 2026-08-14T12:49:35, is likely a stellar flare associated with PM J22403-4931 (Double or Multiple Star). The estimated flux of the flare is around 1.6 x 10^-10 erg/s/cm^2 in 0.5-4.0 keV, corresponding to an X-ray luminosity of around 2.7 x 10^30 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).",
  "createdOn": 1786713654794,
  "submitter": "EP Team at NAOC/CAS <ep_ta@bao.ac.cn>"
}