TIC 100527279
Eclipsing binaryNew candidate
Rare & notable finds
Nothing rare: all 8 checks came back clear. What was checked →
Checked, nothing found (6)
Microlensing (rogue planet?) · Exocomet-shaped dip · Eclipse timing (third body?) · Pulsating star in an eclipsing binary · Extra dips outside the eclipses · Type of star
Checked 2026-10-12 02:53 on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070, using every TESS sector of this star. All results (.json)
Notes
Found automatically by hunt.py in TESS sector 16 (flagged in 1 sector(s)). Detection score 724.6.
Not in VSX, ASAS-SN or ZTF variable catalogues at the time of the search; not in Gaia DR3's variable lists.
Unchecked by hand yet: verify the period, nearby stars and a wider catalogue search.
The signal
| Type | Eclipsing binary |
| Status | New candidate |
| Period (days) | 2.39864 |
| Period source | hunt.py on TESS QLP sector 16 |
| Eclipse / dip depth | 8.2% |
| Amplitude | 6.0% |
| Data used | TESS sector 16 (QLP) |
The star (Gaia & TESS)
| Distance (pc) | 282 (~919 light years) |
| Temperature (Gaia) | 5,764 K |
| Size (Gaia) | 1.28 x the Sun |
| Mass (Gaia) | 0.93 x the Sun |
| Luminosity (Gaia) | 1.31 x the Sun |
| Colour, Gaia BP-RP | 1.00 |
| RUWE (Gaia) | 1.26 - fits a single star |
| Radial velocity (Gaia) | speed changes by 197 km/s - likely an orbiting pair |
| Gaia G mag | 11.87 |
| TESS mag | 11.34 |
Names & neighbours
| TIC ID | 100527279 |
| Gaia DR3 ID | 1902304757011016320 |
| SIMBAD name | TYC 2738-1628-1 [*] |
| Nearest known variable | ASASSN-V J222835.30+332852.0 (EA, P = 0.91178 d), 226" away |
| RA (deg) | 337.139 |
| Dec (deg) | 33.5434 |
| Look it up | SIMBAD · VSX · ESASky · ExoFOP |
Record
| Found by | hunt.py (automatic) |
| Date | 2026-10-10 |
Where it sits among the stars
ESA Gaia colour and true brightness. Grey: every Star Log candidate. Orange: this star.
Data files
- TIC100527279_s0016.fits 70 KB
- TIC100527279_s0016.png 40 KB
- rare_check.json 3 KB
- thumb.png 34 KB
- meta.json
