TIC 336394281

Transit candidateRare, already known

Rare & notable finds

Something unusual, worth a look - less certain than a significant find. How these checks work →

Already known: catalogued variable star nearby: Gaia DR3 2204960175969464320 (ROT), 133" away. The rare-find check confirms what is on record - still nice, but not a new discovery.

Transit duration (TDV) hint
The transit length changes from one transit to the next beyond the errors - a sign of a wobbling orbit (moon) or a precessing orbit.

Checked, nothing found (8)

Microlensing (rogue planet?) · Exocomet-shaped dip · Habitable zone & size · Transit timing (TTV) · Changing transit depth · Lopsided transit · Dimming beside the transit · Type of star

Checked 2026-10-11 16:37 on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070, using every TESS sector of this star. All results (.json)

Notes

Probably noise or an instrument effect. Rare, already known: Transit duration (TDV) (catalogued variable star nearby: Gaia DR3 2204960175969464320 (ROT), 133" away). Found automatically by hunt.py in TESS sector 24 (flagged in 1 sector(s)). Detection score 199.4. 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: 2026-10-11 Planet check: Probably noise or an instrument effect 2026-10-11 Rare-find check: Transit duration (TDV) 2026-10-11 Found by the automatic search in TESS sector 24

The signal

Type	Transit candidate
Status	Rare, already known
Period (days)	2.11392
Period source	hunt.py on TESS QLP sector 24
Eclipse / dip depth	4.2%
Amplitude	3.5%
Data used	TESS sector 24 (QLP)

Planet check

Verdict	Probably noise or an instrument effect ExoFOP check plot all test results light curve data
Size if it's a planet	~35.2 Earth radii (~3.14 Jupiter) - too big for a planet

The star (Gaia & TESS)

Distance (pc)	738 (~2,409 light years)
Temperature (Gaia)	6,698 K
Size (Gaia)	1.48 x the Sun
Mass (Gaia)	1.35 x the Sun
Luminosity (Gaia)	4.00 x the Sun
Colour, Gaia BP-RP	0.83
RUWE (Gaia)	1.02 - fits a single star
Gaia G mag	13.02
TESS mag	12.59

Names & neighbours

TIC ID	336394281
Gaia DR3 ID	2204960244688553344
SIMBAD name	not in SIMBAD
Nearest known variable	Gaia DR3 2204960175969464320 (ROT), 133" away
RA (deg)	334.063
Dec (deg)	62.4646
Look it up	SIMBAD · VSX · ESASky · ExoFOP

Record

Found by	hunt.py (automatic)
Date	2026-10-11
Last update	2026-10-11

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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