{"_facts":{"companion":"","deep":"","dossier":"","gaia_eb":"","impression":"","period":"","planet":"","rare":"Transits of a giant star","toi":""},"amplitude":"32.5%","bp_rp":"1.83","cover":"TIC436418496_s0014.png","data_used":"TESS sector 14 (QLP)","date":"2026-10-09","dec":"29.0944","depth":"41.0%","distance_pc":"3,929 (~12,814 light years)","found_by":"hunt.py (automatic)","gaia_dr3":"1860261871919925120","gaia_gmag":"13.80","gaia_lum":"151.97 x the Sun","gaia_mass":"3.17 x the Sun","gaia_radius":"12.08 x the Sun","gaia_teff":"5,840 K","history":[{"date":"2026-10-09","text":"Found by the automatic search in TESS sector 14"},{"date":"2026-10-12","text":"Rare-find check: Transits of a giant star"}],"hr":[1.833,0.825],"last_update":"2026-10-12","nearest_variable":"Gaia DR3 1860261150368182016 (E, P = 1.9733 d), 40\" away (same period!)","nearest_variable_id":"Gaia DR3 1860261150368182016","notes":"Notable, already known: Transits of a giant star (the catalogued variable Gaia DR3 1860261150368182016 (E, 40\" away) has the same period - its light leaks into TESS's big pixels; same period as the known variable Gaia DR3 1860261150368182016).\n\nWARNING: same period as the known variable Gaia DR3 1860261150368182016 40\" away; the signal is probably its light leaking in.\nFound automatically by hunt.py in TESS sector 14 (flagged in 1 sector(s)). Detection score 475.1.\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: Transits of a giant star\n2026-10-09  Found by the automatic search in TESS sector 14","period_days":"1.97263","period_source":"hunt.py on TESS QLP sector 14","ra":"307.315","rare":"Transits of a giant star","rare_checked":"2026-10-12 11:28","rare_clear":["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"],"rare_device":"GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 (CUDA, CuPy)","rare_flags":[{"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":["the catalogued variable Gaia DR3 1860261150368182016 (E, 40\" away) has the same period - its light leaks into TESS's big pixels","same period as the known variable Gaia DR3 1860261150368182016"],"rare_level":"notable","rare_n":10,"ruwe":"1.03 - fits a single star","score":"475.1","sector":14,"simbad_name":"not in SIMBAD","status":"Notable, already known","tic":"436418496","title":"TIC 436418496","tmag":"12.89","type":"Eclipsing binary"}