TIC 256349885
Eclipsing binaryNew candidate
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 2026-10-11 19:17 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 5 sector(s)). Detection score 1349.9.
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) | 3.99904 |
| Period source | hunt.py on TESS QLP sector 18 |
| Eclipse / dip depth | 65.0% |
| Amplitude | 27.0% |
| Data used | TESS sector 18 (QLP) |
The star (Gaia & TESS)
| Distance (pc) | 792 (~2,582 light years) |
| Temperature (Gaia) | 5,552 K |
| Size (Gaia) | 1.32 x the Sun |
| Mass (Gaia) | 0.93 x the Sun |
| Luminosity (Gaia) | 1.48 x the Sun |
| Colour, Gaia BP-RP | 0.96 |
| RUWE (Gaia) | 1.14 - fits a single star |
| Gaia G mag | 13.95 |
| TESS mag | 13.47 |
Names & neighbours
| TIC ID | 256349885 |
| Gaia DR3 ID | 2222236870890492800 |
| SIMBAD name | not in SIMBAD |
| Nearest known variable | Gaia DR3 2222236836530754048 (E, P = 1.6581 d), 70" away |
| RA (deg) | 322.84 |
| Dec (deg) | 68.4002 |
| 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
- TIC256349885_s0016.fits 70 KB
- TIC256349885_s0016.png 36 KB
- TIC256349885_s0018.fits 70 KB
- TIC256349885_s0018.png 37 KB
- rare_check.json 7 KB
- thumb.png 28 KB
- meta.json
