TIC 250745744
Eclipsing binaryNew candidate
Rare & notable finds
Nothing rare: all 8 checks came back clear. What was checked →
Checked, nothing found (6)
Microlensing (rogue planet?) · Exocomet-shaped dip · Eclipse timing (third body?) · 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 18 (flagged in 1 sector(s)). Detection score 730.5.
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) | 3.06922 |
| Period source | hunt.py on TESS QLP sector 18 |
| Eclipse / dip depth | 6.6% |
| Amplitude | 4.6% |
| Data used | TESS sector 18 (QLP) |
The star (Gaia & TESS)
| Distance (pc) | 368 (~1,201 light years) |
| Temperature (Gaia) | 5,896 K |
| Size (Gaia) | 1.68 x the Sun |
| Mass (Gaia) | 1.12 x the Sun |
| Luminosity (Gaia) | 3.08 x the Sun |
| Colour, Gaia BP-RP | 0.93 |
| RUWE (Gaia) | 1.24 - fits a single star |
| Radial velocity (Gaia) | speed changes by 103 km/s - likely an orbiting pair |
| Gaia G mag | 11.62 |
| TESS mag | 11.14 |
Names & neighbours
| TIC ID | 250745744 |
| Gaia DR3 ID | 355004060903946240 |
| SIMBAD name | not in SIMBAD |
| Nearest known variable | ZTF J021329.20+481451.3 (EA, P = 2.4121 d), 131" away |
| RA (deg) | 33.3748 |
| Dec (deg) | 48.284 |
| 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.
Data files
- TIC250745744_s0018.fits 70 KB
- TIC250745744_s0018.png 40 KB
- rare_check.json 3 KB
- thumb.png 36 KB
- meta.json
