TIC 461408038

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 2026-10-11 23:05 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 3 sector(s)). Detection score 950.5. 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)	15.0414
Period source	hunt.py on TESS QLP sector 24
Eclipse / dip depth	23.1%
Amplitude	0.4%
Data used	TESS sector 24 (QLP)

The star (Gaia & TESS)

Distance (pc)	894 (~2,915 light years)
Temperature (Gaia)	8,779 K
Size (Gaia)	2.30 x the Sun
Mass (Gaia)	2.14 x the Sun
Luminosity (Gaia)	28.39 x the Sun
Colour, Gaia BP-RP	0.66
RUWE (Gaia)	0.85 - fits a single star
Radial velocity (Gaia)	speed changes by 132 km/s - likely an orbiting pair
Gaia G mag	11.94
TESS mag	11.62

Names & neighbours

TIC ID	461408038
Gaia DR3 ID	531292952076707456
SIMBAD name	TYC 4298-1278-1 [*]
Nearest known variable	Gaia DR3 531293506129318016 (S), 149" away
RA (deg)	3.48012
Dec (deg)	71.1286
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.

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