X-ray transient
EP WXT 01709321061
Einstein Probe WXT saw a new flash of X-rays, located to within 3 arcminutes.
This line is written from the event's own fields, not translated from the source.
No module explains this yet.
Each field explained
- Status
- Preliminary
An automatic notice sent within seconds to minutes. Later notices can refine its position, and astronomers' circulars follow.
- Significance
- Normal significance
Not on WarpLab's instant-alert list: a real notice, but rougher or less certain than the ones that are.
- Seen by
- Einstein Probe WXT
The telescope or detector that sent the notice, through NASA's General Coordinates Network (GCN).
- Position on the sky
- RA 26.24°, Dec -34.09°, within 3 arcminutes
Where on the sky it came from, and the radius of the circle it most likely lies in. The smaller the circle, the easier it is for telescopes to find it.
- When
When the instrument triggered, in UTC.
- Latest notice
- Einstein Probe WXT alert
Each notice replaces the numbers of the one before it. Fermi GBM sends a rough position from the spacecraft within seconds, a better one from the ground within minutes, and a final one later.