{"_facts":{"companion":"","deep":"","dossier":"","gaia_eb":"","impression":"","period":"","planet":"","rare":"Transits of a giant star","toi":""},"amplitude":"14.3%","bp_rp":"1.41","cover":"TIC263368078_s0014.png","data_used":"TESS sector 14 (QLP)","date":"2026-10-09","dec":"20.6336","depth":"69.9%","distance_pc":"2,072 (~6,758 light years)","found_by":"hunt.py (automatic)","gaia_dr3":"1826395470703574912","gaia_gmag":"12.77","history":[{"date":"2026-10-09","text":"Found by the automatic search in TESS sector 14"},{"date":"2026-10-12","text":"Rare-find check: Transits of a giant star"}],"hr":[1.409,1.192],"last_update":"2026-10-12","nearest_variable":"HD 350849 (EA, P = 1.8849 d), 43\" away (same period!)","nearest_variable_id":"HD 350849","notes":"Notable, already known: Transits of a giant star (the catalogued variable HD 350849 (EA, 43\" away) has the same period - its light leaks into TESS's big pixels; same period as the known variable HD 350849).\n\nWARNING: same period as the known variable HD 350849 43\" away; the signal is probably its light leaking in.\nFound automatically by hunt.py in TESS sector 14 (flagged in 1 sector(s)). Detection score 608.1.\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:\n2026-10-12  Rare-find check: Transits of a giant star\n2026-10-09  Found by the automatic search in TESS sector 14","period_days":"3.77132","period_source":"hunt.py on TESS QLP sector 14","ra":"299.309","rare":"Transits of a giant star","rare_checked":"2026-10-12 06:00","rare_clear":["Microlensing (rogue planet?)","Exocomet-shaped dip","Eclipse timing (third body?)","Eclipses changing depth","Pulsating star in an eclipsing binary","Extra dips outside the eclipses"],"rare_device":"GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 (CUDA, CuPy)","rare_flags":[{"id":"giant_host","level":"notable","name":"Transits of a giant star","text":"Gaia places this star among the giants: planets transiting giants are rare, and a big star makes even a large planet's dip tiny."}],"rare_known":true,"rare_known_why":["the catalogued variable HD 350849 (EA, 43\" away) has the same period - its light leaks into TESS's big pixels","same period as the known variable HD 350849"],"rare_level":"notable","rare_n":9,"ruwe":"0.94 - fits a single star","score":"608.1","sector":14,"simbad_name":"not in SIMBAD","status":"Notable, already known","tic":"263368078","title":"TIC 263368078","tmag":"12.06","type":"Eclipsing binary"}