{
  "submittedHow": "web",
  "eventType": [
    "X-ray Transient"
  ],
  "submitter": "EP Team at NAOC/CAS <ep_ta@bao.ac.cn>",
  "body": "H. Zhou. (PMO, CAS), S.-Q. Zheng, J.-R. Liu(BNU), L.-N. Xu (USTC), H.Y. Ren, Tian-Yu Liu, W.D. Zhang (NAOC) on behalf of the Einstein Probe (EP) team:\n\nThe EP-WXT trigger 01709320908 at the time of 2026-10-05T21:32:28, is likely a stellar flare associated with [SLS2012] PYC J23504+4455(High Proper Motion Star). The estimated flux of the flare is around 8.0 X 10^(-11) erg/s/cm^2 in 0.5-4.0 keV, corresponding to an X-ray luminosity of around 3.4 X 10^31 erg/s. This source was also confirmed by optical observation (Jelinek et al., GCN 45813). \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).",
  "format": "text/plain",
  "circularId": 45814,
  "subject": "The EP-WXT trigger 01709320908 is likely a flaring star",
  "createdOn": 1791252653167
}