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[vsnet-grb-info 42200] EP260321a: Las Cumbres upper limit
by GCN Circulars 22 Mar '26

22 Mar '26

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 44079 SUBJECT: EP260321a: Las Cumbres upper limit DATE: 26/03/22 13:12:22 GMT FROM: aujust(a)mail.ustc.edu.cn Runduo Liang, Wenxiong Li (NAOC), Iair Arcavi (TAU), Ido Keinan (TAU), David Sand (U of Arizona) We observed the position of EP260321a (GCN 44068, GCN 44075) with a Las Cumbres 1m telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, Chile, about 11.25 hours after the Einstein Probe WXT trigger. We took 2x300s exposures in the broad optical r-band. We didn’t detect any uncataloged source within the EP-FXT refined position down to a 3-sigma limiting r-band mag of ~20.8. The presented magnitudes are calibrated with Pan-STARRS sources in the field and not corrected for Galactic extinction. Additional follow-up is encouraged. View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/44079. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 42199] GRB 260321A: SVOM/COLIBRÍ (FM-GFT) optical upper limit
by GCN Circulars 22 Mar '26

22 Mar '26

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 44078 SUBJECT: GRB 260321A: SVOM/COLIBRÍ (FM-GFT) optical upper limit DATE: 26/03/22 08:47:42 GMT FROM: Antonio de Ugarte Postigo at LAM, CNRS <adeugartepostigo(a)gmail.com> Antonio de Ugarte Postigo (LAM), Edilberto Aguilar-Ruiz (UNAM), Stéphane Basa (UAR Pytheas), William H. Lee (UNAM), Alan M. Watson (UNAM), Jean-Luc Atteia (IRAP), Camila Angulo (UNAM), Dalya Akl (NYUAD), Sarah Antier (IJCLAB), Rosa L. Becerra (UNAM), Nathaniel R. Butler (ASU), Damien Dornic (CPPM), Jean-Grégoire Ducoin (CPPM), Francis Fortin (IRAP), Leonardo García García (UNAM), Ramandeep Gill (UNAM), Noémie Globus (UNAM), Marion Guelfand (CPPM), Asuka Kuwata (UNAM), Massimiliano Lincetto (CPPM), Nikos Mandarakas (LAM), Diego López-Cámara (UNAM), Francesco Magnani (CPPM), Enrique Moreno Méndez (UNAM), Margarita Pereyra (UNAM), Ny Avo Rakotondrainibe (LAM), Fredd Sánchez Álvarez (UNAM), Benjamin Schneider (LAM), M. Brunet, O. Godet (IRAP) report: We imaged the field of the SVOM GRB 260321A (Brunet et al., GCN Circ. 44071) using the DDRAGO wide-field imager on the SVOM/COLIBRÍ (FM-GFT) telescope. We observed from 2026-03-22 06:35:41 to 07:59:54 UTC (from 12.39 to 13.80 hours after the trigger) and obtained 61 minutes of exposure in the r and z filters. The data were reduced and coadded with the COLIBRÍ pipeline and analyzed with STDWeb/STDPipe (Karpov 2025). The photometry was calibrated using nearby stars from the PanSTARRS DR1 catalog, is in the AB system, and is not corrected for Galactic extinction. In the stacked image, we do not detect any new source within the ECLAIRs source position (Brunet et al., GCN Circ. 44071), as compared to the Legacy Survey, down to the following 5-sigma limit: r > 23.7 mag z > 22.6 mag Further observations are ongoing. We thank the staff of the Observatorio Astronómico Nacional at Sierra de San Pedro Mártir, as well as the technical and engineering teams at CEA, CPPM, IRAP, LAM, OHP, OSU Pytheas, and UNAM. COLIBRÍ is an astronomical observatory developed and operated jointly by France (AMU, CNES and CNRS) and Mexico (UNAM and SECIHTI). It is located at the Observatorio Astronómico Nacional on the Sierra de San Pedro Mártir, Baja California, Mexico. View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/44078. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 42198] GRB 260320A: Insight-HXMT/HE detection
by GCN Circulars 22 Mar '26

22 Mar '26

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 44077 SUBJECT: GRB 260320A: Insight-HXMT/HE detection DATE: 26/03/22 08:44:50 GMT FROM: Xinghao Luo at IHEP <2952704891(a)qq.com> Xing-Hao Luo, Chen-Wei Wang, Chao Zheng, Cheng-Kui Li and Shao-Lin Xiong (IHEP) report on behalf of the Insight-HXMT team: At 2026-03-20T19:40:04.700 (T0), Insight-HXMT/HE detected the burst GRB 260320A, which is also detected by NuSTAR (G. Waratkar et.al., GCN #44064). The Insight-HXMT/HE light curve mainly consists of a single pulse with a T90 of 4.4 +1.2/-0.8 s. The 1s peak rate, measured from T0-0.7 s, is 2511 cnts/sec. Insight-HXMT/HE detected a total of 5253 counts from this burst. The HXMT/HE light curve can be found here: https://www.bursthub.cn//admin/static/hxmtgrb260320A.png All measurements above are made with the CsI detectors of Insight-HXMT/HE operating in the regular mode with the energy range of about 60-900 keV (deposited energy). Only gamma-rays with energy greater than about 200 keV can penetrate the spacecraft and leave signals in the CsI detectors installed inside of the telescope. Insight-HXMT is the first Chinese space X-ray telescope, which was funded jointly by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). More information about it could be found at: http://hxmten.ihep.ac.cn/ View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/44077. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 42197] EP260321a: COLIBRÍ optical upper limit on any supernova shock breakout emission
by GCN Circulars 22 Mar '26

22 Mar '26

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 44076 SUBJECT: EP260321a: COLIBRÍ optical upper limit on any supernova shock breakout emission DATE: 26/03/22 07:01:20 GMT FROM: Rosa L. Becerra at Instituto de Astronomía, UNAM <rbecerra(a)astro.unam.mx> Edilberto Aguilar-Ruiz (UNAM), Antonio de Ugarte Postigo (LAM), Rosa L. Becerra (UNAM), Alan M. Watson (UNAM), Stéphane Basa (UAR Pytheas), William H. Lee (UNAM), Jean-Luc Atteia (IRAP), Camila Angulo (UNAM), Dalya Akl (NYUAD), Sarah Antier (IJCLAB), Nathaniel R. Butler (ASU), Damien Dornic (CPPM), Jean-Grégoire Ducoin (CPPM), Francis Fortin (IRAP), Leonardo García García (UNAM), Ramandeep Gill (UNAM), Noémie Globus (UNAM), Marion Guelfand (CPPM), Asuka Kuwata (UNAM), Massimiliano Lincetto (CPPM), Nikos Mandarakas (LAM), Diego López-Cámara (UNAM), Francesco Magnani (CPPM), Enrique Moreno Méndez (UNAM), Margarita Pereyra (UNAM), Ny Avo Rakotondrainibe (LAM), Fredd Sánchez Álvarez (UNAM), and Benjamin Schneider (LAM) report: We imaged the field of the Einstein Probe X-ray transient EP260321a (Huang et al., GCN Circ. 44068) using the DDRAGO two-channel wide-field imager on the COLIBRÍ telescope. We observed from 2026-03-22 03:48 to 05:50 UTC (from 15.3 to 17.4 hours after the trigger) and obtained 24, 65, and 89 minutes of exposure, respectively, in the g, r, and z filters. The data were reduced and coadded with the COLIBRÍ ASU pipeline and analysed with STDWeb/STDPipe (Karpov 2025). The photometry was calibrated using nearby stars from the PanSTARRS DR1 catalog, is in the AB system, and is not corrected for Galactic extinction. In the stacked image, and after subtracting template images from the Legacy Survey DR10 (Dey et al. 2019) using STDWeb, we do not detect any new source at the FXT refined position (Huang et al., GCN Circ. 44075) down to the following 5-sigma limit: g > 23.8 r > 23.8 z > 22.8 Our upper limit in r is consistent with the ones reported by Lipunov et al. (GCN Circ. 44069) and Lee et al. (GCN Circ. 44070). We do see additional flux from the superposed star, also in agreement with Lee et al. In order to test the shock breakout scenario proposed by Huang et al. (GCN Circ. 44075), we compared our results against the light curve of the AT2016gkg (Bersten et al. 2018), shifted at the redshift of the galaxy 2dFGRS TGN352Z077 at z=0.034 (DESI Legacy Survey, Dey et al. 2019). At the time of our observations, we expect an AB magnitude about 19.2 at 570 nm, which lies between our g and r filters. Our upper limits are about 4.6 magnitudes fainter than this, and so we are unable to confirm the presence of a shock breakout. We thank the staff of the Observatorio Astronómico Nacional at Sierra de San Pedro Mártir, as well as the technical and engineering teams at CEA, CPPM, IRAP, LAM, OHP, OSU Pytheas, and UNAM. COLIBRÍ is an astronomical observatory developed and operated jointly by France (AMU, CNES and CNRS) and Mexico (UNAM and SECIHTI). It is located at the Observatorio Astronómico Nacional on the Sierra de San Pedro Mártir, Baja California, Mexico. View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/44076. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 42196] EP260321a: refined analysis of the EP-WXT and EP-FXT observations, implying a possible supernova shock breakout candidate
by GCN Circulars 22 Mar '26

22 Mar '26

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 44075 SUBJECT: EP260321a: refined analysis of the EP-WXT and EP-FXT observations, implying a possible supernova shock breakout candidate DATE: 26/03/22 04:32:32 GMT FROM: EP Team at NAOC/CAS <ep_ta(a)bao.ac.cn> Q. J. Huang (PMO, CAS), Z.-C. Zou (NJU), D. Y. Li, X. Mao, H. W. Pan (NAO, CAS) on behalf of the Einstein Probe (EP) team: The fast X-ray transient EP260321a was detected by the Wide-field X-ray Telescope (WXT) on board the Einstein Probe (EP) mission (Huang et al., GCN 44068). The transient triggered WXT at T0=2026-03-21T12:23:07 (UTC). The WXT observation lasted for approximately 432 seconds, and was interrupted due to the autonomous follow-up observation. The WXT 0.5-4 keV spectrum was soft, and can be fitted with an absorbed black body with the absorption fixed at the Galactic value of 2.7 × 10^(20) cm^-2 and a temperature of 164 (-29/+40) eV. The derived average unabsorbed 0.5-4 keV flux is 8.0 (-1.9/+2.2) × 10^(-11) erg/s/cm^2. The Follow-up X-ray Telescope (FXT) on board EP observed this source autonomously at 2026-03-21T12:35:02 (UTC, T0+12min). The exposure time of this observation is 4266s. On-ground analysis of the FXT data found an uncatalogued fading source within the WXT error circle at R.A., Dec. = 149.9287, 0.4177 (J2000) with an uncertainty of about 10 arcsec (radius, 90% C.L. statistical and systematic). A significant decay was detected in the FXT light curve during the initial phase of FXT observation. The average 0.5-10 keV spectrum can be fitted with an absorbed black body with Galactic absorption and a temperature of 121 (-3/+3) eV. The derived average unabsorbed 0.5-10 keV flux is 9.8 (-0.3/+0.3) × 10^(-12) erg/s/cm^2. All quoted errors are at the 90% confidence level. We note that within the FXT error circle, there is a galaxy 2dFGRS TGN352Z077, at a redshift of 0.0345. If the transient is associated with this galaxy, the corresponding luminosity of the WXT detection would be approximately 2.2 × 10^(44) erg/s. Given its very soft spectrum, rapid decay and the corresponding luminosity at the assumed redshift, we tend to consider EP260321a as possibly a supernova shock breakout candidate. No optical counterpart of EP260321a has been detected so far (Lipunov et al., GCN 44069; Lee et al., GCN 44070; Ma et al., GCN 44074) , and further mutil-band follow-up observations are encouraged to explore the nature of EP260321a. A follow-up observation with the EP-FXT was planned, and further information will be updated when the telemetry data are received. 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). View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/44075. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 42195] EP260321a: SVOM/VT optical upper limit
by GCN Circulars 22 Mar '26

22 Mar '26

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 44074 SUBJECT: EP260321a: SVOM/VT optical upper limit DATE: 26/03/22 02:34:27 GMT FROM: Yinuo Ma <mayn(a)bao.ac.cn> Y. N. Ma, H. L. Li, Z. H. Yao, Y. L. Qiu, C. Wu, L. P. Xin, X. H. Han, Y. Xu, J. Wang, P. P. Zhang, W. J. Xie, Y. J. Xiao, H. B. Cai, L. Lan, J. R. Xu, J. S. Deng, J. Y. Wei (NAOC), J. Palmerio (CEA) report on behalf of the SVOM/VT team. SVOM/VT performed a Target of Opportunity observation of EP260321a detected by EP/WXT (Huang et al., GCN 44068). SVOM/VT began observing the field at 2026-03-21T13:10:39 UTC, 0.673 hours after the trigger, in the VT_B (400nm-650nm) and VT_R (650nm-1000nm) channels simultaneously. With X-band data available, no uncataloged source is found within the error box of FXT (Huang et al., GCN 44068) compared with DESI Legacy Survey at the mid time of 1.92 hours after trigger, VT_R > 22.8 mag with exposure time of 53*50 sec, VT_B > 23.0 mag with exposure time of 54*50 sec. The stellar source and the galaxy reported by Kinder (Lee et al., GCN 44070) are detected in our observations, with no significant variability. Our photometry was not corrected for Galactic extinction. The Space Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) is a China-France joint mission led by the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA, China), National Center for Space Studies (CNES, France) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS, China), which is dedicated to observing gamma-ray bursts and other transient phenomena in the energetic universe. VT was jointly developed by Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics (XIOPM), CAS and National astronomical observatories (NAOC), CAS. View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/44074. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 42194] GRB 260310A: continued optical observation at Mondy
by GCN Circulars 21 Mar '26

21 Mar '26

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 44073 SUBJECT: GRB 260310A: continued optical observation at Mondy DATE: 26/03/21 22:21:34 GMT FROM: Alexei Pozanenko at IKI, Moscow <grb.alex(a)gmail.com> N. Pankov (IKI), A. Volnova (IKI), E. Klunko (ISTP), A. S. Moskvitin (SAO RAS), O. Spiridonova (SAO RAS), A. Pozanenko (IKI) report on behalf of GRB IKI FuN. We continued observation the GRB260310A/AT2026fgk detected by Fermi/GBM (Fermi GBM team, GCN 43951) and AstroSat (Salunke et al., GCN 43958) with AZT-33IK telescope of Mondy observatory. We obtained series in B and R filters on 2026-03-21. The OT discovered by GOTO (O'Neill et al. 2026, TNS Discovery Report 294132) and observed earlier (Konno et al., GCN 43974; Hinds et al., GCN 43977; Lipunov et al., GCN 43978;Martin-Carrillo et al., GCN 43979; Méndez et al., GCN 43980;de Ugarte Postigo et al., GCN 43984; Hsu et al., GCN 43986; Pursiainen et al., GCN 43990; Becerra et al., GCN 43991; Li et al., GCN 43993; Jayaraman et al., GCN 43994; Stein et al., GCN 43996;Martin-Carrillo et al., GCN 44000; Moreno Méndez et al., GCN 43980; Becerra et al., GCN 43991; Li et al., GCN 43993; Stein et al., GCN 43996; Watson et al., GCN 44001; Lai et al., GCN 44002; Izzo et al., GCN 44003; Brivio et al., GCN 44004; Moskvitin et al., GCN 44006; Romanov, GCN 44020; Brosio et al., GCN 44021; Pawar et al., GCN 44022; Belkin et al., GCN 44043; Li et al., GCN 44044; Gupta et al., GCN 44051; Becerra et al., GCN 44059; Volnova et al., GCN 44060; Busmann et al., GCN 44061; Zheng t al., GCN 44065) is clearly detected in our images. Preliminary photometry is the following Date UT_start t_mid - T0, exp, mag, err, filter, UL(3sigma) days s 2026-03-21 16:35:57 11.48526 30*120 B 20.19 0.04 23.3 2026-03-21 16:04:50 11.46366 15*120 R 19.21 0.04 23.4 The photometry is based on the nearby calibrations stars of PS1 catalogue converted to B, R using the Lupton (2005) transformations. The magnitudes of the AT2026fgk are not corrected for Galactic extinctions. The light curve obtained from our observations and GCNs can be found in https://heaiki.ru/lvc/GRB260310A/GRB260310A_LC.png We can assume that the light curve becomes steeper 9 days after long lasting plateau phase View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/44073. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 42193] Fermi GBM Sub-Threshold Detection of GRB 260321A
by GCN Circulars 21 Mar '26

21 Mar '26

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 44072 SUBJECT: Fermi GBM Sub-Threshold Detection of GRB 260321A DATE: 26/03/21 22:15:38 GMT FROM: rhamburg(a)usra.edu R. Hamburg (USRA) reports on behalf of the Fermi-GBM Team: SVOM/ECLAIRs detected GRB 260321A on 2026-03-21 at 18:12:08 UTC (GCN 44071). There was no Fermi-GBM onboard trigger around this event time. An automated, blind search for gamma-ray bursts below the onboard triggering threshold in Fermi-GBM identified no candidates. The GBM Targeted Search [1], the most sensitive coherent search for GRB-like signals in GBM, identified a transient approximately 10 s after the ECLAIRs best image SNR time of 2026-03-21T18:11:48. The Targeted Search candidate was found most significantly on the 8 s timescale using the "normal" spectral template (i.e., Band function with Epeak = 230 keV, alpha = -1.0, beta = -2.3) and has a false alarm rate of 3.7e-04 Hz. The Fermi-MET of this transient is 795809523.353 s. The Targeted Search localization is spatially consistent with the ECLAIRs location. [1] Goldstein et al. 2019 arXiv:1903.12597 View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/44072. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 42192] GRB 260321A: SVOM detection of a burst
by GCN Circulars 21 Mar '26

21 Mar '26

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 44071 SUBJECT: GRB 260321A: SVOM detection of a burst DATE: 26/03/21 18:39:15 GMT FROM: SVOM_group <svomgroup(a)bao.ac.cn> M. Brunet, O. Godet (IRAP) report on behalf of the SVOM mission team: At 2026-03-21T18:12:08 UTC (T0), SVOM/ECLAIRs triggered and located the gamma-ray burst GRB 260321A (SVOM burst-id sb26032123). The following trigger information was received on the ground with low latency by the SVOM VHF Alert Network. The burst was only detected by the Image Trigger (IMT), which produced a sequence of 2 alerts. IMT provided the alert with the best signal-to-noise-ratio in the image (SNR) of 9.37 in the [8-120] keV energy band over a time window of 40.96 seconds starting at 2026-03-21T18:11:48. The localization of the best alert is R.A., Dec. 219.574, 31.674 degrees: R.A. (J2000) = 14h38m17.65s Dec. (J2000) = 31d40m28.18s with a 90% confidence level (C.L.) radius of 8.45 arcmin (including systematic error of 2 arcmin added in quadrature). This burst also triggered SVOM/GRM at 2026-03-21T18:12:08 with an SNR of 10.9. The SVOM/GRM light curve showed a multiple peak structure with a T90 duration of about 113.02 -18.24 / +74.15 (8-1100 keV). SVOM slewed to the burst. No X-ray observation could be performed by SVOM/MXT for the time being. No optical observation could be performed by SVOM/VT for the time being. The Space-based multi-band astronomical Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) is a China-France joint mission led by the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA), French Space Agency (CNES), and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), which is dedicated to observing gamma-ray bursts and other transient phenomena in the energetic universe. SVOM/ECLAIRs was developed jointly by CNES, CEA-IRFU, CNRS-IRAP, CNRS-APC. SVOM/GRM was developed by the Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP) of CAS. SVOM/MXT was developed jointly by CNES, CEA-IRFU, CNRS-IJCLab, University of Leicester, MPE. The Burst Advocate (BA) on shift for this alert is Marius Brunet: mbrunet(a)irap.omp.eu. Please contact the BA by email if you require additional information. View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/44071. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 42191] EP260321a: Kinder observations detect a blue variable star and set limits on a source from the z =0.034 galaxy within the error circle
by GCN Circulars 21 Mar '26

21 Mar '26

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 44070 SUBJECT: EP260321a: Kinder observations detect a blue variable star and set limits on a source from the z =0.034 galaxy within the error circle DATE: 26/03/21 17:18:54 GMT FROM: Janet Chen at National Central University <janetstars(a)gmail.com> M.-H. Lee, A. Aryan, T.-W. Chen, W.-J. Hou (all NCU), S. Yang (HNAS), S. J. Smartt, J. Gillanders (both Oxford), A. K. H. Kong (NTHU), Y. J. Yang (NYUAD), Y.-H. Lee, A. Sankar.K, Y.-C. Pan, C.-C. Ngeow, C.-H. Lai, C.-S. Lin H.-C. Lin, H.-Y. Hsiao, J.-K. Guo (all NCU), Z. N. Wang, D. C. Qiang, L. L. Fan (all HNAS), H.-W. Lin (UMich), H. F. Stevance, S. Srivastav, L. Rhodes (all Oxford), M. Nicholl, M. Fulton, T. Moore, K. W. Smith, C. Angus, A. Aamer (all QUB), A. Schultz and M. Huber (both IfA, Hawaii) report: We observed the field of the fast X-ray transient EP260321a (Huang et al., GCN 44068 using the 1m LOT at Lulin Observatory in Taiwan as part of the Kinder collaboration (Chen & Yang et al., 2025, ApJ, 983, 86, doi:10.3847/1538-4357/adb428). The first LOT epoch of observations started at 13:38 UTC on the 21st of March 2026 (MJD 61120.568), 1.13 hr after the EP-WXT trigger. We utilized the astroalign (Beroiz et al. 2020, A&C, 32, 100384) and astropy (Astropy Collaboration et al. 2022, ApJ, 935, 167) packages to align and stack the individual frames. We utilized the Python-based package AutoPhOT (Brennan & Fraser, 2022, A&A, 667, A62) to perform template subtraction with the DESI Legacy Survey (Dey et al. 2019, AJ 157, 168) DR10 image using the 'SFFT' (Hu et al. 2022, ApJ, 936, 157) algorithm. In the difference image, we detected an obvious residual at RA, DEC = 09:59:42.82, 00:25:05.84. We noticed that this position coincides with a stellar source that sits close on top of a resolved galaxy detected in SDSS, Pan-STARRS1 and Legacy Surveys (SDSS J095942.88+002506.2). The stellar source has varying magnitudes in different catalogs (PS1 r = 20.42 +/- 0.25, SDSS r = 21.07 +/- 0.05, DESI r = 19.07). This is likely an unrelated variable star. Moreover, we used AutoPhOT to perform PSF photometry at the residual's position. The details of the observations and the measured magnitude (in the AB system) are as follows: Telescope | Filter | MJD (start) | t-t0 (hr) | Exposure (s) | Magnitude | avg. Seeing | med. Airmass LOT | r | 61120.568 | 1.13 | 300 * 6 | 20.97 +/- 0.04 | 1".02 | 1.09 Our 3-sigma upper limit for the observed field is r = 23.1 mag using the SDSS catalogue as the reference. The galaxy SDSS J095942.88+002506.2 is at z = 0.0343, as measured in 2dF and in the DESI Legacy Survey DR1 spectroscopic catalogue (TARGETID: 39627799320858502) lies within the EP FXT localisation region. If EP260321 is associated with this galaxy, then our detection limits imply there is no new source brighter than an absolute magnitude of M ~ -12.6 mag at t-t0 = 1.13 hours after the FXT trigger. A supernova or kilonova would still be rapidly rising in this phase; further observations are encouraged. The presented magnitude is calibrated using the field stars from the ATLAS-RefCat2 catalog from MAST (Tonry J. L. et al. 2018, ApJ, 867, 105) and is not corrected for the expected Galactic foreground extinction of A_r = 0.06 mag in the direction of the transient (Schlafly & Finkbeiner 2011). The methodology, details on the Lulin observatory telescopes, and a compilation of our optical follow-up campaign for FXTs discovered within the first year of operation of the Einstein-Probe mission can be found in Aryan et al. 2025, ApJS, 281, 20, doi:10.3847/1538-4365/adfc69. View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/44070. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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