TIC 301193954

Eclipsing binaryNew candidate

Notes

Found automatically by hunt.py in TESS sector 1 (flagged in 1 sector(s)). Detection score 674.0. 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: 2026-10-02 Period refined to 3.4328005 days using all TESS sectors 2026-10-02 Artist's impression added 2026-10-01 Found by the automatic search in TESS sector 1

The signal

Type	Eclipsing binary
Status	New candidate
Period (days)	3.4328005
Period source	eclipse fit to TESS sectors [1, 28, 68]
Eclipse / dip depth	6.3%
Amplitude	5.2%
Data used	TESS sector 1 (QLP)

The star (Gaia & TESS)

Distance (pc)	525 (~1,712 light years)
Temperature (Gaia)	6,132 K
Size (Gaia)	1.91 x the Sun
Mass (Gaia)	1.35 x the Sun
Luminosity (Gaia)	4.62 x the Sun
Colour, Gaia BP-RP	0.73
RUWE (Gaia)	0.97 - fits a single star
Radial velocity (Gaia)	speed changes by 169 km/s - likely an orbiting pair
Gaia G mag	11.64
TESS mag	11.21

Names & neighbours

TIC ID	301193954
Gaia DR3 ID	6789386994738032256
SIMBAD name	TYC 6950-932-1 [*]
Nearest known variable	none within 5'
RA (deg)	321.674
Dec (deg)	-28.3632
Look it up	SIMBAD · VSX · ESASky · ExoFOP

Record

Found by	hunt.py (automatic)
Date	2026-10-01
Last update	2026-10-02

✦ Artist's impression

AI-painted · made locally

What this picture shows

Artist's impression of an UNCONFIRMED candidate, based on its measured data. Two stars of about 6,100 K and 6,200 K (1.3 and 1.4 times the Sun's radius, ~1.1 and ~1.2 solar masses) orbit each other every 82.4 hours, 8.8 million km apart (the Sun-Mercury distance is 58 million km). We see the orbit at 81 degrees (90 = exactly edge-on), close enough to edge-on that they eclipse each other. Sizes, separation, tilt and colours come from fitting the TESS eclipses (see the model-fit plot) plus Gaia's temperature; masses assume normal main-sequence stars. The painted look, surface detail and background were added by a locally run image AI; the stars' sizes, colours and spacing follow the measured data.

How it was made

Painted by an image AI (DreamShaper XL, a Stable Diffusion XL model) running locally on a home PC, over a 3D layout built from the measured data. No cloud services.

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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