[vsnet-grb-info 39910] The EP-WXT trigger 01709241037 is likely a flaring star
TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 41844 SUBJECT: The EP-WXT trigger 01709241037 is likely a flaring star DATE: 25/09/17 02:17:05 GMT FROM: EP Team at NAOC/CAS <ep_ta@bao.ac.cn> B.T. Wang (YNAO, CAS), S. Q . Jiang, W. D. Zhang (NAO, CAS) on behalf of the Einstein Probe (EP) team: The EP-WXT trigger 01709241037 at the time of 2025-09-16T23:34:38 (UTC), is likely a stellar flare associated with UPM J0113-5939. 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 1.3e31 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). View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/41844. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0LW...
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