{"_facts":{"companion":"","deep":"","dossier":"","gaia_eb":"","impression":"","period":"","planet":"","rare":"Transits of a giant star","toi":""},"amplitude":"6.0%","bp_rp":"1.76","cover":"TIC343549172_s0024.png","data_used":"TESS sector 24 (QLP)","date":"2026-10-11","dec":"56.8611","depth":"67.3%","distance_pc":"3,924 (~12,799 light years)","found_by":"hunt.py (automatic)","gaia_dr3":"2006984242583429504","gaia_gmag":"14.36","gaia_lum":"53.32 x the Sun","gaia_mass":"2.90 x the Sun","gaia_radius":"11.01 x the Sun","gaia_teff":"4,716 K","history":[{"date":"2026-10-11","text":"Found by the automatic search in TESS sector 24"},{"date":"2026-10-12","text":"Rare-find check: Transits of a giant star"}],"hr":[1.765,1.394],"last_update":"2026-10-12","nearest_variable":"GX Lac (EA/DM, P = 6.3553 d), 35\" away (same period!)","nearest_variable_id":"GX Lac","notes":"Notable, already known: Transits of a giant star (the catalogued variable GX Lac (EA/DM, 35\" away) has the same period - its light leaks into TESS's big pixels; same period as the known variable GX Lac).\n\nWARNING: same period as the known variable GX Lac 35\" away; the signal is probably its light leaking in.\nFound automatically by hunt.py in TESS sector 24 (flagged in 3 sector(s)). Detection score 487.2.\nNot in VSX, ASAS-SN or ZTF variable catalogues at the time of the search; not in Gaia DR3's variable lists.\nUnchecked by hand yet: verify the period, nearby stars and a wider catalogue search.\n\nUpdates:\n2026-10-12  Rare-find check: Transits of a giant star\n2026-10-11  Found by the automatic search in TESS sector 24","period_days":"6.35157","period_source":"hunt.py on TESS QLP sector 24","ra":"341.563","rare":"Transits of a giant star","rare_checked":"2026-10-12 10:36","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"],"rare_device":"GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 (CUDA, CuPy)","rare_flags":[{"id":"giant_host","level":"notable","name":"Transits of a giant star","text":"Gaia places this star among the giants: planets transiting giants are rare, and a big star makes even a large planet's dip tiny."}],"rare_known":true,"rare_known_why":["the catalogued variable GX Lac (EA/DM, 35\" away) has the same period - its light leaks into TESS's big pixels","same period as the known variable GX Lac"],"rare_level":"notable","rare_n":9,"ruwe":"0.98 - fits a single star","score":"487.2","sector":24,"simbad_name":"not in SIMBAD","status":"Notable, already known","tic":"343549172","title":"TIC 343549172","tmag":"13.48","type":"Eclipsing binary"}