TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  45414
SUBJECT: The EP-WXT trigger 01709286204 is likely a flaring star
DATE:    26/08/21 10:00:40 GMT
FROM:    EP Team at NAOC/CAS <ep_ta@bao.ac.cn>

T. Y. Liu (NAO, CAS), D. F. Hu (PMO, CAS)，Z. M. Wang (BNU), Q. Y. Wu, Z. X. Ling (NAO, CAS). on behalf of the Einstein Probe (EP) team:

The EP-WXT trigger 01709286204 at the time of 2026-08-21T09:06:36, is likely a stellar flare associated with CD-55 8799. The estimated flux of the flare is around 1.0 x 10^-10 erg/s/cm^2 in 0.5-4.0 keV, corresponding to an X-ray luminosity of around 4.8 x 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).