TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 42393 SUBJECT: EP251021b/GRB 251021A: SVOM/VT optical candidate DATE: 25/10/23 10:18:34 GMT FROM: Huali Li at at NAOC, SVOM <lhl@nao.cas.cn> H.L. Li , L.P. Xin, Y. L. Qiu, C. Wu, Y.N. Ma, Z.H. Yao, X. H. Han, J. Wang, Y. Xu, P. P. Zhang, W. J. Xie, Y. J. Xiao, H. B. Cai, J. S. Deng, J. Y. Wei (NAOC), J. Palmerio (CEA) report on behalf of the SVOM/VT team. SVOM/VT performed ToO observation to the field of EP251021b/GRB 251021A (Dai et al., GCN 42377; Ravasio et al., GCN 42379). The observation stared at 2025-10-22T20:09:33 UTC, I.e., 29.69 hours post trigger in the VT_B (400nm-650nm) and VT_R (650nm-1000nm) channels simultaneously. Within the error box of EP-FXT (Dai et al., GCN 42377), an uncatalogued source was detected, compared to the Legacy survey DR9 catalog. The position is at R.A., Dec. = 306.745094, -38.3034732 degrees, equivalent to: R.A. (J2000) = 20:26:58.82 Dec. (J2000) = -38:18:12.50 with an uncertainty of 0.5 arcsec. The candidate's magnitudes are given below: Mid_time Band Exposure Time Magnitude (AB) 30.75 hour VT_B 45*70 sec 23.62+/-0.25 mag 30.75 hour VT_R 54*70 sec 22.80+/-0.20 mag Our photometry was derived in AB magnitude and 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/42393. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0LW...