TIC 269949878
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 17:41 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 391.3.
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) | 1.06334 |
| Period source | hunt.py on TESS QLP sector 18 |
| Eclipse / dip depth | 8.4% |
| Amplitude | 10.4% |
| Data used | TESS sector 18 (QLP) |
The star (Gaia & TESS)
| Distance (pc) | 398 (~1,297 light years) |
| Temperature (Gaia) | 5,697 K |
| Size (Gaia) | 1.08 x the Sun |
| Mass (Gaia) | 0.95 x the Sun |
| Luminosity (Gaia) | 1.11 x the Sun |
| Colour, Gaia BP-RP | 1.18 |
| RUWE (Gaia) | 0.98 - fits a single star |
| Gaia G mag | 13.13 |
| TESS mag | 12.53 |
Names & neighbours
| TIC ID | 269949878 |
| Gaia DR3 ID | 137341681052910080 |
| SIMBAD name | 1RXS J030045.8+352547 [X], 5.7" away |
| Nearest known variable | Gaia DR3 137342063306029696 (E, P = 2.9234 d), 147" away |
| RA (deg) | 45.1927 |
| Dec (deg) | 35.4303 |
| 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
- TIC269949878_s0018.fits 70 KB
- TIC269949878_s0018.png 45 KB
- rare_check.json 5 KB
- thumb.png 44 KB
- meta.json
