GCN Circular 46233
Subject
The EP-WXT trigger 01709322452 is likely a flaring star
Date
2026-11-12T02:22:16Z (21 hours ago)
From
EP Team at NAOC/CAS <ep_ta@bao.ac.cn>
Via
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Q.H. Lao (NAO, CAS) , H.Y. Liu (NAO, CAS) , W.F. Wen (SZTU), G.Y. Zhao (QTNU), and Y. Liu (NAO, CAS) on behalf of the Einstein Probe (EP) team:
The EP-WXT trigger 01709322452 at the time of 2026-11-12T00:17:37, is likely a stellar flare associated with PM J04414+1404. The estimated flux of the flare is around 6e-11 erg/s/cm^2 in 0.5-4.0 keV, corresponding to an X-ray luminosity of around 1.1e31 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).