GCN Circular 46106
Subject
The EP-WXT trigger 01709321980 is likely a flaring star
Date
2026-10-30T05:53:22Z (3 days ago)
From
EP Team at NAOC/CAS <ep_ta@bao.ac.cn>
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R.-Z. Li, M. Nie (YNAO), H. Zhou (PMO) and J.-W. Hu, W.-D. Zhang (NAOC) on behalf of the Einstein Probe (EP) team:
The EP-WXT trigger 01709321980 at the time of 2026-10-30T05:23:34, is likely a stellar flare associated with ATO J336.9854+01.6911. The estimated flux of the flare is around 8e-11 erg/s/cm^2 in 0.5-4.0 keV, corresponding to an X-ray luminosity of around 3.6e31 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).