TIC 355600246
Transit candidateKnown to NASA (TOI)
Rare & notable finds
Nothing rare: all 12 checks came back clear. What was checked →
Checked, nothing found (11)
Microlensing (rogue planet?) · Exocomet-shaped dip · Habitable zone & size · Transit timing (TTV) · Transit duration (TDV) · Changing transit depth · Lopsided transit · Dimming beside the transit · Trojan companions (L4/L5) · Self-lensing binary · Type of star
Checked 2026-10-11 17:31 on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070, using every TESS sector of this star. All results (.json)
Notes
Already known to NASA: TOI 2203.01 (APC).
Already on NASA's TESS list as TOI 2203.01 (APC).
Found automatically by hunt.py in TESS sector 28 (flagged in 3 sector(s)). Detection score 80.8.
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:
2026-10-12 Gaia hints at a hidden companion star (RUWE 2.9)
2026-10-12 Found on NASA's list of TESS planet candidates: TOI 2203.01 (APC)
2026-10-12 Planet check: Already known to NASA: TOI 2203.01 (APC)
2026-10-12 Found by the automatic search in TESS sector 28
The signal
| Type | Transit candidate |
| Status | Known to NASA (TOI) |
| Period (days) | 3.05574 |
| Period source | hunt.py on TESS QLP sector 28 |
| Eclipse / dip depth | 1.6% |
| Amplitude | 0.8% |
| Data used | TESS sector 28 (QLP) |
Planet check
| Verdict | Already known to NASA: TOI 2203.01 (APC) |
| Size if it's a planet | ~16.1 Earth radii (~1.43 Jupiter) |
The star (Gaia & TESS)
| Distance (pc) | 728 (~2,374 light years) |
| Temperature (Gaia) | 6,128 K |
| Size (Gaia) | 1.58 x the Sun |
| Mass (Gaia) | 1.23 x the Sun |
| Luminosity (Gaia) | 3.13 x the Sun |
| Colour, Gaia BP-RP | 0.67 |
| RUWE (Gaia) | 2.85 - hints at a hidden companion star |
| Gaia G mag | 12.72 |
| TESS mag | 12.38 |
Names & neighbours
| TIC ID | 355600246 |
| Gaia DR3 ID | 6461805720199585664 |
| SIMBAD name | UCAC4 180-226859 [*] |
| Nearest known variable | Gaia DR3 6461804208371098880 (ROT), 103" away |
| RA (deg) | 325.105 |
| Dec (deg) | -54.0342 |
| Look it up | SIMBAD · VSX · ESASky · ExoFOP |
Record
| Found by | hunt.py (automatic) |
| Date | 2026-10-12 |
| Last update | 2026-10-12 |
Where it sits among the stars
ESA Gaia colour and true brightness. Grey: every Star Log candidate. Orange: this star.
Data files
- 5_planet_check.png 160 KB
- TIC355600246_s0028.fits 200 KB
- TIC355600246_s0028.png 67 KB
- lightcurve_all_sectors.csv 2 MB
- planet_check.json 4 KB
- rare_check.json 5 KB
- thumb.png 118 KB
- meta.json
