TIC 366716728
Eclipsing binaryNew candidate
Rare & notable finds
Nothing rare: all 11 checks came back clear. What was checked →
Checked, nothing found (10)
Microlensing (rogue planet?) · Exocomet-shaped dip · Eclipse timing (third body?) · Eccentric eclipsing binary · Eclipses changing depth · Pulsating star in an eclipsing binary · Extra dips outside the eclipses · Heartbeat star · Self-lensing binary · Type of star
Checked 2026-10-12 13:40 on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070, using every TESS sector of this star. All results (.json)
Notes
Found automatically by hunt.py in TESS sector 24 (flagged in 1 sector(s)). Detection score 451.4.
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.
The signal
| Type | Eclipsing binary |
| Status | New candidate |
| Period (days) | 2.80779 |
| Period source | hunt.py on TESS QLP sector 24 |
| Eclipse / dip depth | 12.0% |
| Amplitude | 4.5% |
| Data used | TESS sector 24 (QLP) |
The star (Gaia & TESS)
| Distance (pc) | 618 (~2,016 light years) |
| Temperature (Gaia) | 6,017 K |
| Size (Gaia) | 1.55 x the Sun |
| Mass (Gaia) | 1.12 x the Sun |
| Luminosity (Gaia) | 2.82 x the Sun |
| Colour, Gaia BP-RP | 0.96 |
| RUWE (Gaia) | 1.06 - fits a single star |
| Gaia G mag | 12.99 |
| TESS mag | 12.49 |
Names & neighbours
| TIC ID | 366716728 |
| Gaia DR3 ID | 2230641503412781952 |
| SIMBAD name | not in SIMBAD |
| Nearest known variable | Gaia DR3 2230639785425870976 (VAR, P = 0.024641 d), 137" away |
| RA (deg) | 334.161 |
| Dec (deg) | 72.381 |
| Look it up | SIMBAD · VSX · ESASky · ExoFOP |
Record
| Found by | hunt.py (automatic) |
| Date | 2026-10-11 |
Where it sits among the stars
ESA Gaia colour and true brightness. Grey: every Star Log candidate. Orange: this star.
Data files
- TIC366716728_s0024.fits 76 KB
- TIC366716728_s0024.png 47 KB
- rare_check.json 6 KB
- thumb.png 41 KB
- meta.json
