TIC 348517885
Eclipsing binaryNew candidate
Rare & notable finds
Nothing rare: all 8 checks came back clear. What was checked →
Checked, nothing found (6)
Microlensing (rogue planet?) · Exocomet-shaped dip · Eclipse timing (third body?) · Pulsating star in an eclipsing binary · Extra dips outside the eclipses · Type of star
Checked 2026-10-12 03:24 on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070, using every TESS sector of this star. All results (.json)
Notes
Found automatically by hunt.py in TESS sector 18 (flagged in 1 sector(s)). Detection score 701.3.
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) | 4.22226 |
| Period source | hunt.py on TESS QLP sector 18 |
| Eclipse / dip depth | 77.5% |
| Amplitude | 6.1% |
| Data used | TESS sector 18 (QLP) |
The star (Gaia & TESS)
| Distance (pc) | 826 (~2,694 light years) |
| Temperature (Gaia) | 5,726 K |
| Size (Gaia) | 1.51 x the Sun |
| Mass (Gaia) | 1.02 x the Sun |
| Luminosity (Gaia) | 2.20 x the Sun |
| Colour, Gaia BP-RP | 1.01 |
| RUWE (Gaia) | 0.94 - fits a single star |
| Gaia G mag | 13.71 |
| TESS mag | 13.18 |
Names & neighbours
| TIC ID | 348517885 |
| Gaia DR3 ID | 455771930769160448 |
| SIMBAD name | not in SIMBAD |
| Nearest known variable | Gaia DR3 455760488976270208 (ROT), 87" away |
| RA (deg) | 35.2841 |
| Dec (deg) | 54.4869 |
| 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
- TIC348517885_s0018.fits 70 KB
- TIC348517885_s0018.png 39 KB
- rare_check.json 3 KB
- thumb.png 34 KB
- meta.json
