TIC 279868497

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 04:15 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 3 sector(s)). Detection score 681.8. 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)	4.88515
Period source	hunt.py on TESS QLP sector 18
Eclipse / dip depth	10.7%
Amplitude	3.0%
Data used	TESS sector 18 (QLP)

The star (Gaia & TESS)

Distance (pc)	412 (~1,344 light years)
Temperature (Gaia)	5,547 K
Size (Gaia)	1.53 x the Sun
Mass (Gaia)	0.97 x the Sun
Luminosity (Gaia)	1.95 x the Sun
Colour, Gaia BP-RP	1.20
RUWE (Gaia)	1.05 - fits a single star
Radial velocity (Gaia)	speed changes by 151 km/s - likely an orbiting pair
Gaia G mag	12.67
TESS mag	12.05

Names & neighbours

TIC ID	279868497
Gaia DR3 ID	2210371697319522304
SIMBAD name	UCAC4 782-043046 [*]
Nearest known variable	Gaia DR3 2210371353722014208 (ROT), 167" away
RA (deg)	351.675
Dec (deg)	66.3677
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.

How to read this diagram →

Data files

Download everything (.zip)