TIC 242204618
Transit candidateProbably noise
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 2026-10-04 21:50 on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070, using every TESS sector of this star. All results (.json)
Notes
Probably noise or an instrument effect.
Found automatically by hunt.py in TESS sector 11 (flagged in 1 sector(s)). Detection score 417.7.
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:
2026-10-04 Rare-find check: Eclipses changing depth
2026-10-04 Rare-find check: Microlensing (rogue planet?)
2026-10-04 Planet check: Probably noise or an instrument effect
2026-10-04 Found by the automatic search in TESS sector 11
The signal
| Type | Transit candidate |
| Status | Probably noise |
| Period (days) | 1.17046 |
| Period source | hunt.py on TESS QLP sector 11 |
| Eclipse / dip depth | 3.8% |
| Amplitude | 3.7% |
| Data used | TESS sector 11 (QLP) |
Planet check
| Verdict | Probably noise or an instrument effect |
| Size if it's a planet | ~46.2 Earth radii (~4.12 Jupiter) - too big for a planet |
The star (Gaia & TESS)
| Distance (pc) | 635 (~2,070 light years) |
| Temperature (Gaia) | 5,807 K |
| Size (Gaia) | 2.08 x the Sun |
| Mass (Gaia) | 1.23 x the Sun |
| Luminosity (Gaia) | 4.43 x the Sun |
| Colour, Gaia BP-RP | 0.83 |
| RUWE (Gaia) | 0.93 - fits a single star |
| Radial velocity (Gaia) | speed changes by 315 km/s - likely an orbiting pair |
| Gaia G mag | 12.10 |
| TESS mag | 11.67 |
Names & neighbours
| TIC ID | 242204618 |
| Gaia DR3 ID | 6097092486290973568 |
| SIMBAD name | not in SIMBAD |
| Nearest known variable | Gaia DR3 6097095926564932480 (DSCT|GDOR|SXPHE), 267" away |
| RA (deg) | 211.074 |
| Dec (deg) | -44.8922 |
| Look it up | SIMBAD · VSX · ESASky · ExoFOP |
Record
| Found by | hunt.py (automatic) |
| Date | 2026-10-04 |
| Last update | 2026-10-04 |
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 36 KB
- 5_planet_check.png 156 KB
- TIC242204618_s0011.fits 79 KB
- TIC242204618_s0011.png 45 KB
- lightcurve_all_sectors.csv 1 MB
- planet_check.json 4 KB
- rare_check.json 5 KB
- thumb.png 43 KB
- meta.json
