{"_facts":{"companion":"","deep":"","dossier":"","gaia_eb":"","impression":"","period":"","planet":"","rare":"Eccentric eclipsing binary","toi":""},"amplitude":"2.8%","bp_rp":"1.21","cover":"TIC27243217_s0019.png","data_used":"TESS sector 19 (QLP)","date":"2026-10-11","dec":"47.1589","depth":"62.4%","distance_pc":"369 (~1,204 light years)","found_by":"hunt.py (automatic)","gaia_dr3":"257860975939660032","gaia_gmag":"13.79","gaia_lum":"0.45 x the Sun","gaia_radius":"0.86 x the Sun","gaia_teff":"5,080 K","history":[{"date":"2026-10-11","text":"Found by the automatic search in TESS sector 19"},{"date":"2026-10-11","text":"Rare-find check: Eccentric eclipsing binary"}],"hr":[1.214,5.952],"last_update":"2026-10-11","nearest_variable":"V1098 Per (EA, P = 2.7845 d), 36\" away (same period!)","nearest_variable_id":"V1098 Per","notes":"Notable, already known: Eccentric eclipsing binary (the catalogued variable V1098 Per (EA, 36\" away) has the same period - its light leaks into TESS's big pixels; same period as the known variable V1098 Per).\n\nWARNING: same period as the known variable V1098 Per 36\" away; the signal is probably its light leaking in.\nFound automatically by hunt.py in TESS sector 19 (flagged in 1 sector(s)). Detection score 999.9.\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:\n2026-10-11  Rare-find check: Eccentric eclipsing binary\n2026-10-11  Found by the automatic search in TESS sector 19","period_days":"5.56766","period_source":"hunt.py on TESS QLP sector 19","ra":"65.498","rare":"Eccentric eclipsing binary","rare_checked":"2026-10-11 22:40","rare_clear":["Microlensing (rogue planet?)","Exocomet-shaped dip","Eclipse timing (third body?)","Pulsating star in an eclipsing binary","Extra dips outside the eclipses","Type of star"],"rare_device":"GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 (CUDA, CuPy)","rare_flags":[{"id":"eccentric_eb","level":"notable","name":"Eccentric eclipsing binary","text":"The second eclipse comes at phase 0.329 instead of 0.5: the orbit is stretched (eccentricity at least 0.268). Eccentric binaries show how tides shape orbits, and their slowly turning orbits test General Relativity."}],"rare_known":true,"rare_known_why":["the catalogued variable V1098 Per (EA, 36\" away) has the same period - its light leaks into TESS's big pixels","same period as the known variable V1098 Per"],"rare_level":"notable","rare_n":9,"ruwe":"1.02 - fits a single star","score":"999.9","sector":19,"simbad_name":"not in SIMBAD","status":"Notable, already known","tic":"27243217","title":"TIC 27243217","tmag":"13.17","type":"Eclipsing binary"}