TIC 316840378
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 08:13 on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070, using every TESS sector of this star. All results (.json)
Notes
Found automatically by hunt.py in TESS sector 19 (flagged in 2 sector(s)). Detection score 546.0.
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.
The signal
| Type | Eclipsing binary |
| Status | New candidate |
| Period (days) | 3.30333 |
| Period source | hunt.py on TESS QLP sector 19 |
| Eclipse / dip depth | 62.4% |
| Amplitude | 58.7% |
| Data used | TESS sector 19 (QLP) |
The star (Gaia & TESS)
| Distance (pc) | 1,597 (~5,208 light years) |
| Colour, Gaia BP-RP | 2.63 |
| RUWE (Gaia) | 1.07 - fits a single star |
| Gaia G mag | 13.92 |
| TESS mag | 12.61 |
Names & neighbours
| TIC ID | 316840378 |
| Gaia DR3 ID | 448587829169759360 |
| SIMBAD name | not in SIMBAD |
| Nearest known variable | ZTF J033210.35+563129.1 (BY, P = 2.7571 d), 196" away |
| RA (deg) | 53.0785 |
| Dec (deg) | 56.5755 |
| 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.
Data files
- TIC316840378_s0018.fits 70 KB
- TIC316840378_s0018.png 42 KB
- TIC316840378_s0019.fits 73 KB
- TIC316840378_s0019.png 39 KB
- rare_check.json 4 KB
- thumb.png 40 KB
- meta.json
