TIC 337544122

Transit candidateRare, already known

Rare & notable finds

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

Already known: in SIMBAD as TYC 4264-18-1 (*); catalogued variable star nearby: Gaia DR3 2201603534464879232 (E, P = 0.28767 d), 82" away; in the TESS eclipsing-binary catalogue (Prsa et al. 2022) as TIC 0337544122. The rare-find check confirms what is on record - still nice, but not a new discovery.

Lopsided transit hint
The start of the transit is deeper than the end: a dust tail (disintegrating planet), rings, a fast-spinning star, or a blend.
Dimming beside the transit hint
On average the star is 896 ppm dimmer just before and after the transit (9.1 sigma): what a moon (or ring/dust) travelling with the planet would cause. Instrument trends can do this too.

Checked, nothing found (8)

Microlensing (rogue planet?) · Exocomet-shaped dip · Habitable zone & size · Transit timing (TTV) · Transit duration (TDV) · Changing transit depth · Trojan companions (L4/L5) · Type of star

Checked 2026-10-11 16:28 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: Lopsided transit; Dimming beside the transit (in SIMBAD as TYC 4264-18-1 (*); catalogued variable star nearby: Gaia DR3 2201603534464879232 (E, P = 0.28767 d), 82" away). Found automatically by hunt.py in TESS sector 24 (flagged in 3 sector(s)). Detection score 298.6. 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: Lopsided transit; Dimming beside the transit 2026-10-11 Gaia hints at a hidden companion star (RUWE 20.6) 2026-10-11 Found by the automatic search in TESS sector 24

The signal

Type	Transit candidate
Status	Rare, already known
Period (days)	4.70862
Period source	hunt.py on TESS QLP sector 24
Eclipse / dip depth	2.5%
Amplitude	0.3%
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	~49.5 Earth radii (~4.41 Jupiter) - too big for a planet

The star (Gaia & TESS)

Distance (pc)	509 (~1,659 light years)
Temperature (Gaia)	15,001 K
Size (Gaia)	2.69 x the Sun
Mass (Gaia)	4.22 x the Sun
Luminosity (Gaia)	330.68 x the Sun
Colour, Gaia BP-RP	1.32
RUWE (Gaia)	20.56 - hints at a hidden companion star
Radial velocity (Gaia)	speed changes by 250 km/s - likely an orbiting pair
Gaia G mag	11.07
TESS mag	10.4

Names & neighbours

TIC ID	337544122
Gaia DR3 ID	2201604359101206272
SIMBAD name	TYC 4264-18-1 [*]
Nearest known variable	Gaia DR3 2201603534464879232 (E, P = 0.28767 d), 82" away
RA (deg)	336.782
Dec (deg)	61.1993
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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