{"_facts":{"companion":"","deep":"","dossier":"","gaia_eb":"","impression":"","period":"","planet":"","rare":"Eccentric eclipsing binary","toi":""},"amplitude":"58.7%","bp_rp":"0.82","cover":"TIC293954671_s0016.png","data_used":"TESS sector 16 (QLP)","date":"2026-10-09","dec":"53.3363","depth":"61.8%","distance_pc":"549 (~1,790 light years)","found_by":"hunt.py (automatic)","gaia_dr3":"2089570171542724736","gaia_gmag":"12.80","gaia_lum":"1.74 x the Sun","gaia_mass":"0.98 x the Sun","gaia_radius":"1.34 x the Sun","gaia_teff":"5,728 K","history":[{"date":"2026-10-09","text":"Found by the automatic search in TESS sector 14"},{"date":"2026-10-11","text":"Rare-find check: Eccentric eclipsing binary"}],"hr":[0.818,4.101],"last_update":"2026-10-11","nearest_variable":"NEV388 (EA, P = 2.8137 d), 43\" away (same period!)","nearest_variable_id":"NEV388","notes":"Notable, already known: Eccentric eclipsing binary (the catalogued variable NEV388 (EA, 43\" away) has the same period - its light leaks into TESS's big pixels; Gaia DR3 lists it as a variable star).\n\nWARNING: same period as the known variable NEV388 43\" away; the signal is probably its light leaking in.\nFound automatically by hunt.py in TESS sector 16 (flagged in 2 sector(s)). Detection score 1373.4.\nNot in VSX, ASAS-SN or ZTF variable catalogues at the time of the search; Gaia DR3 lists it as a variable-star candidate.\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\n2026-10-09  Found by the automatic search in TESS sector 14","period_days":"2.813","period_source":"hunt.py on TESS QLP sector 16","ra":"300.683","rare":"Eccentric eclipsing binary","rare_checked":"2026-10-11 19:01","rare_clear":["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"],"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 0.188 instead of 0.5: the orbit is stretched (eccentricity at least 0.490). Eccentric binaries show how tides shape orbits, and their slowly turning orbits test General Relativity."}],"rare_known":true,"rare_known_why":["the catalogued variable NEV388 (EA, 43\" away) has the same period - its light leaks into TESS's big pixels","Gaia DR3 lists it as a variable star","same period as the known variable NEV388"],"rare_level":"notable","rare_n":10,"ruwe":"1.03 - fits a single star","score":"1373.4","sector":16,"simbad_name":"not in SIMBAD","status":"Notable, already known","tic":"293954671","title":"TIC 293954671","tmag":"12.37","type":"Eclipsing binary"}