TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  46238
SUBJECT: The EP-WXT trigger 01709322455 is likely a flaring star
DATE:    26/11/12 14:30:37 GMT
FROM:    EP Team at NAOC/CAS <ep_ta@bao.ac.cn>

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 01709322455 at the time of 2026-11-12T13:22:27, is likely a stellar flare associated with G 6-43. The estimated flux of the flare is around 1.6e-10 erg/s/cm^2 in 0.5-4.0 keV, corresponding to an X-ray luminosity of around 3.2e31 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).