TIC 270277026

Transit candidateRare, already known

Rare & notable finds

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Already known: in SIMBAD as UCAC4 013-000248 (SB*); catalogued variable star nearby: Gaia DR3 4612923935378302720 (E, P = 0.30737 d), 228" away. The rare-find check confirms what is on record - still nice, but not a new discovery.

Lopsided transit hint
The start of the transit is deeper than the end: a dust tail (disintegrating planet), rings, a fast-spinning star, or a blend.

Checked, nothing found (9)

Microlensing (rogue planet?) · Exocomet-shaped dip · Habitable zone & size · Transit timing (TTV) · Transit duration (TDV) · Changing transit depth · Dimming beside the transit · Trojan companions (L4/L5) · Type of star

Checked 2026-10-11 16:28 on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070, using every TESS sector of this star. All results (.json)

Notes

Probably noise or an instrument effect. Rare, already known: Lopsided transit (in SIMBAD as UCAC4 013-000248 (SB*); catalogued variable star nearby: Gaia DR3 4612923935378302720 (E, P = 0.30737 d), 228" away). NOTE: SIMBAD already lists this star (UCAC4 013-000248) as type SB*, so it may be known after all - check the SIMBAD references. Found automatically by hunt.py in TESS sector 13 (flagged in 3 sector(s)). Detection score 276.3. 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. Updates: 2026-10-11 Planet check: Probably noise or an instrument effect 2026-10-11 Rare-find check: Lopsided transit 2026-10-09 Found by the automatic search in TESS sector 13

The signal

Type	Transit candidate
Status	Rare, already known
Period (days)	7.30587
Period source	hunt.py on TESS QLP sector 13
Eclipse / dip depth	3.3%
Amplitude	0.2%
Data used	TESS sector 13 (QLP)

Planet check

Verdict	Probably noise or an instrument effect ExoFOP check plot all test results light curve data
Size if it's a planet	~23.2 Earth radii (~2.07 Jupiter)

The star (Gaia & TESS)

Distance (pc)	298 (~971 light years)
Temperature (Gaia)	5,800 K
Size (Gaia)	1.09 x the Sun
Mass (Gaia)	0.99 x the Sun
Luminosity (Gaia)	1.21 x the Sun
Colour, Gaia BP-RP	0.85
RUWE (Gaia)	0.79 - fits a single star
Radial velocity (Gaia)	speed changes by 37 km/s - likely an orbiting pair
Gaia G mag	11.97
TESS mag	11.52

Names & neighbours

TIC ID	270277026
Gaia DR3 ID	4612937335676250368
SIMBAD name	UCAC4 013-000248 [SB*]
Nearest known variable	Gaia DR3 4612923935378302720 (E, P = 0.30737 d), 228" away
RA (deg)	16.8742
Dec (deg)	-87.5069
Look it up	SIMBAD · VSX · ESASky · ExoFOP

Record

Found by	hunt.py (automatic)
Date	2026-10-09
Last update	2026-10-11

Where it sits among the stars

ESA Gaia colour and true brightness. Grey: every Star Log candidate. Orange: this star.

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Data files

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