TIC 59660512
Eclipsing binaryNew candidate
Rare & notable finds
Nothing rare: all 8 checks came back clear. What was checked →
Checked, nothing found (8)
Microlensing (rogue planet?) · Exocomet-shaped dip · Eclipse timing (third body?) · Eccentric eclipsing binary · Pulsating star in an eclipsing binary · More planets in the system · Extra dips outside the eclipses · Type of star
Checked 2026-10-12 17:18 on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070, using every TESS sector of this star. All results (.json)
Notes
Found automatically by hunt.py in TESS sector 13 (flagged in 1 sector(s)). Detection score 407.3.
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) | 1.75487 |
| Period source | hunt.py on TESS QLP sector 13 |
| Eclipse / dip depth | 50.6% |
| Amplitude | 43.6% |
| Data used | TESS sector 13 (QLP) |
The star (Gaia & TESS)
| Distance (pc) | 2,212 (~7,214 light years) |
| Temperature (Gaia) | 4,623 K |
| Size (Gaia) | 6.97 x the Sun |
| Mass (Gaia) | 1.16 x the Sun |
| Luminosity (Gaia) | 19.83 x the Sun |
| Colour, Gaia BP-RP | 1.75 |
| RUWE (Gaia) | 0.89 - fits a single star |
| Gaia G mag | 14.45 |
| TESS mag | 13.61 |
Names & neighbours
| TIC ID | 59660512 |
| Gaia DR3 ID | 4039331907694131200 |
| SIMBAD name | not in SIMBAD |
| Nearest known variable | Gaia DR3 4039331843395847552 (E, P = 1.2179 d), 40" away |
| RA (deg) | 273.381 |
| Dec (deg) | -34.4678 |
| Look it up | SIMBAD · VSX · ESASky · ExoFOP |
Record
| Found by | hunt.py (automatic) |
| Date | 2026-10-09 |
Where it sits among the stars
ESA Gaia colour and true brightness. Grey: every Star Log candidate. Orange: this star.
Data files
- TIC59660512_s0013.fits 82 KB
- TIC59660512_s0013.png 44 KB
- rare_check.json 2 KB
- thumb.png 51 KB
- meta.json
