{
  "submittedHow": "web",
  "subject": "EP261114a is likely a flaring star",
  "eventType": [
    "X-ray Transient"
  ],
  "createdOn": 1794739842020,
  "submitter": "EP Team at NAOC/CAS <ep_ta@bao.ac.cn>",
  "circularId": 46291,
  "eventId": "EP261114a",
  "format": "text/markdown",
  "body": "C. K. Kan (HKU), Y. Wang (PMO; UCB), Y. J. Yi (BNU), H. Sun (NAO, CAS) on behalf of the Einstein Probe (EP) team:\n\nThe EP-WXT detection of EP261114a (Kan et al., GCN [46284](https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/46284)) is likely a stellar flare associated with the high proper motion star UCAC4 433-006766. The updated position from the FXT telemetry data analysis is R.A. = 68.3436 deg, DEC = -3.50425 deg (J2000) with an uncertainty of about 10 arcsec (radius, 90% C.L. statistical and systematic). The estimated flux of the flare is around 1.4 x 10^(-10) erg/s/cm^2 in 0.5-4.0 keV, corresponding to an X-ray luminosity of around 5.6 x 10^(31) erg/s.\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).\n"
}