TIC 17000977
Eclipsing binaryNew candidate
Rare & notable finds
Nothing rare: all 10 checks came back clear. What was checked →
Checked, nothing found (8)
Microlensing (rogue planet?) · Superflare · Exocomet-shaped dip · Eclipse timing (third body?) · Eccentric eclipsing binary · Pulsating star in an eclipsing binary · Extra dips outside the eclipses · Type of star
Checked 2026-10-12 02:52 on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070, using every TESS sector of this star. All results (.json)
Notes
Found automatically by hunt.py in TESS sector 24 (flagged in 1 sector(s)). Detection score 727.9.
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) | 4.05868 |
| Period source | hunt.py on TESS QLP sector 24 |
| Eclipse / dip depth | 10.0% |
| Amplitude | 1.3% |
| Data used | TESS sector 24 (QLP) |
The star (Gaia & TESS)
| Distance (pc) | 136 (~444 light years) |
| Temperature (Gaia) | 4,317 K |
| Size (Gaia) | 0.94 x the Sun |
| Mass (Gaia) | 0.75 x the Sun |
| Luminosity (Gaia) | 0.24 x the Sun |
| Colour, Gaia BP-RP | 1.48 |
| RUWE (Gaia) | 1.16 - fits a single star |
| Radial velocity (Gaia) | speed changes by 130 km/s - likely an orbiting pair |
| Gaia G mag | 12.27 |
| TESS mag | 11.54 |
Names & neighbours
| TIC ID | 17000977 |
| Gaia DR3 ID | 1371171882661380608 |
| SIMBAD name | not in SIMBAD |
| Nearest known variable | none within 5' |
| RA (deg) | 235.536 |
| Dec (deg) | 34.3431 |
| 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
- TIC17000977_s0024.fits 76 KB
- TIC17000977_s0024.png 39 KB
- rare_check.json 3 KB
- thumb.png 31 KB
- meta.json
