TIC 266912816
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 2026-10-12 01:27 on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070, using every TESS sector of this star. All results (.json)
Notes
Found automatically by hunt.py in TESS sector 16 (flagged in 2 sector(s)). Detection score 812.0.
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:
2026-10-10 Gaia hints at a hidden companion star (RUWE 2.9)
2026-10-10 Found by the automatic search in TESS sector 15
The signal
| Type | Eclipsing binary |
| Status | New candidate |
| Period (days) | 2.00439 |
| Period source | hunt.py on TESS QLP sector 16 |
| Eclipse / dip depth | 23.3% |
| Amplitude | 31.4% |
| Data used | TESS sector 16 (QLP) |
The star (Gaia & TESS)
| Distance (pc) | 1,139 (~3,715 light years) |
| Colour, Gaia BP-RP | 1.13 |
| RUWE (Gaia) | 2.88 - hints at a hidden companion star |
| Gaia G mag | 13.18 |
| TESS mag | 12.74 |
Names & neighbours
| TIC ID | 266912816 |
| Gaia DR3 ID | 1967495179390587264 |
| SIMBAD name | not in SIMBAD |
| Nearest known variable | Gaia DR3 1967495591707449984 (RS), 73" away |
| RA (deg) | 322.095 |
| Dec (deg) | 42.9935 |
| Look it up | SIMBAD · VSX · ESASky · ExoFOP |
Record
| Found by | hunt.py (automatic) |
| Date | 2026-10-10 |
| Last update | 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
- TIC266912816_s0015.fits 76 KB
- TIC266912816_s0015.png 37 KB
- TIC266912816_s0016.fits 70 KB
- TIC266912816_s0016.png 39 KB
- rare_check.json 7 KB
- thumb.png 39 KB
- meta.json
