TIC 159188732
Eclipsing binaryNew candidate
Rare & notable finds
Nothing rare: all 9 checks came back clear. What was checked →
Checked, nothing found (7)
Microlensing (rogue planet?) · Exocomet-shaped dip · Eclipse timing (third body?) · Eclipses changing depth · Pulsating star in an eclipsing binary · Extra dips outside the eclipses · Type of star
Checked 2026-10-12 07:16 on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070, using every TESS sector of this star. All results (.json)
Notes
Found automatically by hunt.py in TESS sector 22 (flagged in 2 sector(s)). Detection score 586.2.
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) | 6.18236 |
| Period source | hunt.py on TESS QLP sector 22 |
| Eclipse / dip depth | 6.7% |
| Amplitude | 0.5% |
| Data used | TESS sector 22 (QLP) |
The star (Gaia & TESS)
| Distance (pc) | 478 (~1,557 light years) |
| Temperature (Gaia) | 5,813 K |
| Size (Gaia) | 1.65 x the Sun |
| Mass (Gaia) | 1.09 x the Sun |
| Luminosity (Gaia) | 2.79 x the Sun |
| Colour, Gaia BP-RP | 0.75 |
| RUWE (Gaia) | 0.92 - fits a single star |
| Radial velocity (Gaia) | speed changes by 124 km/s - likely an orbiting pair |
| Gaia G mag | 11.97 |
| TESS mag | 11.58 |
Names & neighbours
| TIC ID | 159188732 |
| Gaia DR3 ID | 1565950818494000512 |
| SIMBAD name | TYC 3856-908-1 [PM*] |
| Nearest known variable | none within 5' |
| RA (deg) | 200.704 |
| Dec (deg) | 57.7649 |
| 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
- TIC159188732_s0016.fits 70 KB
- TIC159188732_s0016.png 39 KB
- TIC159188732_s0022.fits 79 KB
- TIC159188732_s0022.png 41 KB
- rare_check.json 4 KB
- thumb.png 39 KB
- meta.json
