TIC 150387001
Eclipsing binaryNew candidate
Rare & notable finds
Nothing rare: all 10 checks came back clear. What was checked →
Checked, nothing found (8)
Microlensing (rogue planet?) · Exocomet-shaped dip · Eclipse timing (third body?) · Eccentric eclipsing binary · Eclipses changing depth · Pulsating star in an eclipsing binary · Extra dips outside the eclipses · Type of star
Checked 2026-10-12 12:48 on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070, using every TESS sector of this star. All results (.json)
Notes
Found automatically by hunt.py in TESS sector 21 (flagged in 1 sector(s)). Detection score 462.4.
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) | 2.99104 |
| Period source | hunt.py on TESS QLP sector 21 |
| Eclipse / dip depth | 6.7% |
| Amplitude | 6.5% |
| Data used | TESS sector 21 (QLP) |
The star (Gaia & TESS)
| Distance (pc) | 592 (~1,931 light years) |
| Temperature (Gaia) | 5,627 K |
| Size (Gaia) | 1.71 x the Sun |
| Mass (Gaia) | 1.05 x the Sun |
| Luminosity (Gaia) | 2.58 x the Sun |
| Colour, Gaia BP-RP | 0.88 |
| RUWE (Gaia) | 1.08 - fits a single star |
| Radial velocity (Gaia) | speed changes by 148 km/s - likely an orbiting pair |
| Gaia G mag | 12.65 |
| TESS mag | 12.18 |
Names & neighbours
| TIC ID | 150387001 |
| Gaia DR3 ID | 1579036415613759744 |
| SIMBAD name | UCAC4 750-047878 [*] |
| Nearest known variable | Gaia DR3 1579780544467409280 (DSCT|GDOR|SXPHE), 279" away |
| RA (deg) | 193.304 |
| Dec (deg) | 59.8544 |
| Look it up | SIMBAD · VSX · ESASky · ExoFOP |
Record
| Found by | hunt.py (automatic) |
| Date | 2026-10-11 |
Where it sits among the stars
ESA Gaia colour and true brightness. Grey: every Star Log candidate. Orange: this star.
Data files
- TIC150387001_s0021.fits 79 KB
- TIC150387001_s0021.png 46 KB
- rare_check.json 5 KB
- thumb.png 45 KB
- meta.json
