TIC 198487336

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 10:05 on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070, using every TESS sector of this star. All results (.json)

Notes

Found automatically by hunt.py in TESS sector 20 (flagged in 2 sector(s)). Detection score 509.0. 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)	2.49684
Period source	hunt.py on TESS QLP sector 20
Eclipse / dip depth	7.7%
Amplitude	1.6%
Data used	TESS sector 20 (QLP)

The star (Gaia & TESS)

Distance (pc)	535 (~1,747 light years)
Temperature (Gaia)	5,973 K
Size (Gaia)	1.41 x the Sun
Mass (Gaia)	1.00 x the Sun
Luminosity (Gaia)	1.92 x the Sun
Colour, Gaia BP-RP	0.80
RUWE (Gaia)	1.09 - fits a single star
Radial velocity (Gaia)	speed changes by 185 km/s - likely an orbiting pair
Gaia G mag	12.62
TESS mag	12.2

Names & neighbours

TIC ID	198487336
Gaia DR3 ID	1691722957162638464
SIMBAD name	not in SIMBAD
Nearest known variable	ZTF J125956.32+743441.4 (EW, P = 0.30819 d), 169" away
RA (deg)	195.161
Dec (deg)	74.5797
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.

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Data files

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