TIC 2236069
Eclipsing binaryNotable, already known
Rare & notable finds
A notable find: not unheard of, but the kind of system astronomers are glad to have more of. How these checks work →
Already known: catalogued variable star nearby: Gaia DR3 181983850304149376 (ROT), 55" away. The rare-find check confirms what is on record - still nice, but not a new discovery.
- Transits of a giant star notable
Gaia places this star among the giants: planets transiting giants are rare, and a big star makes even a large planet's dip tiny.
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 · Heartbeat star
Checked 2026-10-11 18:40 on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070, using every TESS sector of this star. All results (.json)
Notes
Notable, already known: Transits of a giant star (catalogued variable star nearby: Gaia DR3 181983850304149376 (ROT), 55" away).
Found automatically by hunt.py in TESS sector 19 (flagged in 1 sector(s)). Detection score 1485.6.
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.
Updates:
2026-10-11 Rare-find check: Transits of a giant star
2026-10-11 Found by the automatic search in TESS sector 19
The signal
| Type | Eclipsing binary |
| Status | Notable, already known |
| Period (days) | 4.13703 |
| Period source | hunt.py on TESS QLP sector 19 |
| Eclipse / dip depth | 47.2% |
| Amplitude | 9.6% |
| Data used | TESS sector 19 (QLP) |
The star (Gaia & TESS)
| Distance (pc) | 3,210 (~10,470 light years) |
| Colour, Gaia BP-RP | 2.28 |
| RUWE (Gaia) | 1.04 - fits a single star |
| Gaia G mag | 11.50 |
| TESS mag | 10.4 |
Names & neighbours
| TIC ID | 2236069 |
| Gaia DR3 ID | 181983949087377792 |
| SIMBAD name | not in SIMBAD |
| Nearest known variable | Gaia DR3 181983850304149376 (ROT), 55" away |
| RA (deg) | 79.575 |
| Dec (deg) | 33.7931 |
| Look it up | SIMBAD · VSX · ESASky · ExoFOP |
Record
| Found by | hunt.py (automatic) |
| Date | 2026-10-11 |
| Last update | 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
- 10_rare_check.png 28 KB
- TIC2236069_s0019.fits 73 KB
- TIC2236069_s0019.png 36 KB
- rare_check.json 5 KB
- thumb.png 26 KB
- meta.json
