TIC 429333698
Eclipsing binaryNew candidate
Rare & notable finds
Nothing rare: all 9 checks came back clear. What was checked →
Checked, nothing found (7)
Microlensing (rogue planet?) · Exocomet-shaped dip · Eclipse timing (third body?) · Eclipses changing depth · Pulsating star in an eclipsing binary · Extra dips outside the eclipses · Type of star
Checked 2026-10-12 05:47 on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070, using every TESS sector of this star. All results (.json)
Notes
Found automatically by hunt.py in TESS sector 16 (flagged in 1 sector(s)). Detection score 623.0.
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) | 2.94476 |
| Period source | hunt.py on TESS QLP sector 16 |
| Eclipse / dip depth | 5.6% |
| Amplitude | 5.0% |
| Data used | TESS sector 16 (QLP) |
The star (Gaia & TESS)
| Distance (pc) | 981 (~3,199 light years) |
| Temperature (Gaia) | 9,051 K |
| Size (Gaia) | 3.43 x the Sun |
| Mass (Gaia) | 2.59 x the Sun |
| Luminosity (Gaia) | 71.17 x the Sun |
| Colour, Gaia BP-RP | 0.72 |
| RUWE (Gaia) | 1.32 - fits a single star |
| Radial velocity (Gaia) | speed changes by 107 km/s - likely an orbiting pair |
| Gaia G mag | 11.36 |
| TESS mag | 11.01 |
Names & neighbours
| TIC ID | 429333698 |
| Gaia DR3 ID | 2190742459827473152 |
| SIMBAD name | TYC 3964-1227-1 [*] |
| Nearest known variable | Gaia DR3 2190744006015697536 (ROT), 91" away |
| RA (deg) | 313.67 |
| Dec (deg) | 58.541 |
| 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
- TIC429333698_s0016.fits 70 KB
- TIC429333698_s0016.png 39 KB
- rare_check.json 8 KB
- thumb.png 39 KB
- meta.json
