{"_facts":{"companion":"","deep":"","dossier":"","gaia_eb":"","impression":"","period":"","planet":"","rare":"Extra dips outside the eclipses; Transits of a giant star","toi":""},"amplitude":"13.1%","bp_rp":"1.60","cover":"TIC406634453_s0024.png","data_used":"TESS sector 24 (QLP)","date":"2026-10-10","dec":"70.0701","depth":"66.0%","distance_pc":"2,697 (~8,795 light years)","found_by":"hunt.py (automatic)","gaia_dr3":"2215261740925173760","gaia_gmag":"14.10","gaia_lum":"35.36 x the Sun","gaia_mass":"2.34 x the Sun","gaia_radius":"6.62 x the Sun","gaia_teff":"5,477 K","history":[{"date":"2026-10-10","text":"Found by the automatic search in TESS sector 18"},{"date":"2026-10-12","text":"Rare-find check: Extra dips outside the eclipses; Transits of a giant star"}],"hr":[1.599,1.946],"last_update":"2026-10-12","nearest_variable":"ASASSN-V J234049.79+700531.0 (L), 87\" away","nearest_variable_id":"ASASSN-V J234049.79+700531.0","notes":"Rare, already known: Extra dips outside the eclipses; Transits of a giant star (catalogued variable star nearby: ASASSN-V J234049.79+700531.0 (L), 87\" away).\n\nFound automatically by hunt.py in TESS sector 24 (flagged in 3 sector(s)). Detection score 683.8.\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: Extra dips outside the eclipses; Transits of a giant star\n2026-10-10  Found by the automatic search in TESS sector 18","period_days":"5.11266","period_source":"hunt.py on TESS QLP sector 24","ra":"355.238","rare":"Extra dips outside the eclipses; Transits of a giant star","rare_checked":"2026-10-12 04:05","rare_clear":["Microlensing (rogue planet?)","Exocomet-shaped dip","Eclipse timing (third body?)","Eccentric eclipsing binary","Eclipses changing depth","Pulsating star in an eclipsing binary"],"rare_device":"GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 (CUDA, CuPy)","rare_flags":[{"id":"circumbinary","level":"hint","name":"Extra dips outside the eclipses","text":"1 dip(s) that don't belong to the eclipses (at BTJD 3639.84): a planet orbiting both stars (circumbinary, like Kepler-16b) makes dips at irregular times, or a third star."},{"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":["catalogued variable star nearby: ASASSN-V J234049.79+700531.0 (L), 87\" away"],"rare_level":"hint","rare_n":10,"ruwe":"1.01 - fits a single star","score":"683.8","sector":24,"simbad_name":"not in SIMBAD","status":"Rare, already known","tic":"406634453","title":"TIC 406634453","tmag":"13.3","type":"Eclipsing binary"}