GCN Circular 46060
Subject
The EP-WXT trigger 01709321750 is likely a flaring star
Date
2026-10-27T14:50:06Z (6 days ago)
From
EP Team at NAOC/CAS <ep_ta@bao.ac.cn>
Via
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X. X. Sun(NAO,CAS), F. F. Song(YNAO,CAS), Y. L. Hua（PMO,CAS）, C. C. Jin(NAO,CAS) on behalf of the Einstein Probe (EP) team:
The EP-WXT trigger 01709321750 at the time of 2026-10-27T13:53:51, is likely a stellar flare associated with AK For. The estimated flux of the flare is around 1.2e-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).