{"_facts":{"companion":"7.6","deep":"","dossier":"","gaia_eb":"","impression":"","period":"","planet":"Probably noise or an instrument effect","rare":"Dimming beside the transit","toi":""},"amplitude":"0.1%","bp_rp":"0.29","cover":"TIC139079180_s0016.png","data_used":"TESS sector 16 (QLP)","date":"2026-10-10","dec":"46.4362","depth":"1.1%","distance_pc":"1,001 (~3,266 light years)","found_by":"hunt.py (automatic)","gaia_dr3":"1972336810121812224","gaia_gmag":"9.22","gaia_lum":"378.69 x the Sun","gaia_mass":"3.61 x the Sun","gaia_radius":"6.29 x the Sun","gaia_rv":"speed changes by 20 km/s - likely an orbiting pair","gaia_teff":"10,152 K","history":[{"date":"2026-10-10","text":"Found by the automatic search in TESS sector 16"},{"date":"2026-10-10","text":"Gaia hints at a hidden companion star (RUWE 7.6)"},{"date":"2026-10-11","text":"Rare-find check: Dimming beside the transit"},{"date":"2026-10-11","text":"Planet check: Probably noise or an instrument effect"}],"hr":[0.292,-0.786],"last_update":"2026-10-11","nearest_variable":"Gaia DR3 1972336874535570560 (ROT), 53\" away","nearest_variable_id":"Gaia DR3 1972336874535570560","notes":"Probably noise or an instrument effect.\nRare, already known: Dimming beside the transit (in SIMBAD as BD+45  3515 (*); catalogued variable star nearby: Gaia DR3 1972336874535570560 (ROT), 53\" away).\n\nFound automatically by hunt.py in TESS sector 16 (flagged in 2 sector(s)). Detection score 244.4.\nNot in VSX, ASAS-SN or ZTF variable catalogues at the time of the search; not in Gaia DR3's variable lists.\nUnchecked by hand yet: verify the period, nearby stars and a wider catalogue search.\n\nUpdates:\n2026-10-11  Planet check: Probably noise or an instrument effect\n2026-10-11  Rare-find check: Dimming beside the transit\n2026-10-10  Gaia hints at a hidden companion star (RUWE 7.6)\n2026-10-10  Found by the automatic search in TESS sector 16","period_days":"3.39629","period_source":"hunt.py on TESS QLP sector 16","planet_check":"Probably noise or an instrument effect","planet_size":"~76.5 Earth radii (~6.83 Jupiter) - too big for a planet","planet_verdict":"fa","ra":"320.7","rare":"Dimming beside the transit","rare_checked":"2026-10-11 16:30","rare_clear":["Microlensing (rogue planet?)","Exocomet-shaped dip","Habitable zone & size","Transit timing (TTV)","Transit duration (TDV)","Changing transit depth","Lopsided transit","Trojan companions (L4/L5)","Type of star"],"rare_device":"GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 (CUDA, CuPy)","rare_flags":[{"id":"moon_dip","level":"hint","name":"Dimming beside the transit","text":"On average the star is 516 ppm dimmer just before and after the transit (29.0 sigma): what a moon (or ring/dust) travelling with the planet would cause. Instrument trends can do this too."}],"rare_known":true,"rare_known_why":["in SIMBAD as BD+45  3515 (*)","catalogued variable star nearby: Gaia DR3 1972336874535570560 (ROT), 53\" away"],"rare_level":"hint","rare_n":12,"ruwe":"7.60 - hints at a hidden companion star","score":"244.4","sector":16,"simbad_id":"BD+45  3515","simbad_name":"BD+45  3515 [*]","status":"Rare, already known","tic":"139079180","title":"TIC 139079180","tmag":"9.105","type":"Transit candidate"}