{"_facts":{"companion":"","deep":"","dossier":"","gaia_eb":"","impression":"","period":"","planet":"Probably noise or an instrument effect","rare":"Irregular deep dimming","toi":""},"amplitude":"1.0%","bp_rp":"0.81","cover":"TIC237018733_s0024.png","data_used":"TESS sector 24 (QLP)","date":"2026-10-11","dec":"60.8616","depth":"2.0%","distance_pc":"1,028 (~3,352 light years)","found_by":"hunt.py (automatic)","gaia_dr3":"2242828112340371968","gaia_gmag":"12.19","gaia_lum":"15.36 x the Sun","gaia_mass":"1.79 x the Sun","gaia_radius":"2.97 x the Sun","gaia_rv":"speed changes by 157 km/s - likely an orbiting pair","gaia_teff":"6,628 K","history":[{"date":"2026-10-11","text":"Found by the automatic search in TESS sector 24"},{"date":"2026-10-11","text":"Rare-find check: Irregular deep dimming"},{"date":"2026-10-11","text":"Planet check: Probably noise or an instrument effect"}],"hr":[0.806,2.13],"last_update":"2026-10-11","nearest_variable":"ZTF J202519.14+605405.1 (EW, P = 0.29622 d), 216\" away","nearest_variable_id":"ZTF J202519.14+605405.1","notes":"Probably noise or an instrument effect.\nRare, already known: Irregular deep dimming (in SIMBAD as UCAC4 755-060447 (SB*); catalogued variable star nearby: ZTF J202519.14+605405.1 (EW, P = 0.29622 d), 216\" away).\n\nNOTE: SIMBAD already lists this star (UCAC4 755-060447) as type SB*, so it may be known after all - check the SIMBAD references.\nFound automatically by hunt.py in TESS sector 24 (flagged in 2 sector(s)). Detection score 172.4.\nNot in VSX, ASAS-SN or ZTF variable catalogues at the time of the search; not in Gaia DR3's variable lists.\nUnchecked by hand yet: verify the period, nearby stars and a wider catalogue search.\n\nUpdates:\n2026-10-11  Planet check: Probably noise or an instrument effect\n2026-10-11  Rare-find check: Irregular deep dimming\n2026-10-11  Found by the automatic search in TESS sector 24","period_days":"3.05073","period_source":"hunt.py on TESS QLP sector 24","planet_check":"Probably noise or an instrument effect","planet_size":"~47.7 Earth radii (~4.26 Jupiter) - too big for a planet","planet_verdict":"fa","ra":"306.422","rare":"Irregular deep dimming","rare_checked":"2026-10-11 16:42","rare_clear":["Microlensing (rogue planet?)","Exocomet-shaped dip","Habitable zone & size","Transit timing (TTV)","Transit duration (TDV)","Changing transit depth","Lopsided transit","Dimming beside the transit","Trojan companions (L4/L5)","Self-lensing binary","Type of star"],"rare_device":"GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 (CUDA, CuPy)","rare_flags":[{"id":"boyajian","level":"candidate","name":"Irregular deep dimming","text":"4 deep dips at irregular times, depths from 0.9% to 3.3%. Not periodic and not a young star - like Boyajian's star ('Tabby's star'), one of the strangest stars known."}],"rare_known":true,"rare_known_why":["in SIMBAD as UCAC4 755-060447 (SB*)","catalogued variable star nearby: ZTF J202519.14+605405.1 (EW, P = 0.29622 d), 216\" away"],"rare_level":"candidate","rare_n":13,"ruwe":"1.02 - fits a single star","score":"172.4","sector":24,"simbad_id":"UCAC4 755-060447","simbad_name":"UCAC4 755-060447 [SB*]","status":"Rare, already known","tic":"237018733","title":"TIC 237018733","tmag":"11.77","type":"Transit candidate"}