TIC 68579310

Transit candidateRare, already known

Rare & notable finds

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Already known: in SIMBAD as TYC 2437-414-1 (*); catalogued variable star nearby: Gaia DR3 888998242466287232 (DSCT|GDOR|SXPHE), 129" away. The rare-find check confirms what is on record - still nice, but not a new discovery.

Lopsided transit hint
The end of the transit is deeper than the start: a dust tail (disintegrating planet), rings, a fast-spinning star, or a blend.

Checked, nothing found (9)

Microlensing (rogue planet?) · Exocomet-shaped dip · Habitable zone & size · Transit timing (TTV) · Transit duration (TDV) · Changing transit depth · Dimming beside the transit · Trojan companions (L4/L5) · Type of star

Checked 2026-10-11 16:27 on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070, using every TESS sector of this star. All results (.json)

Notes

Probably noise or an instrument effect. Rare, already known: Lopsided transit (in SIMBAD as TYC 2437-414-1 (*); catalogued variable star nearby: Gaia DR3 888998242466287232 (DSCT|GDOR|SXPHE), 129" away). Found automatically by hunt.py in TESS sector 20 (flagged in 1 sector(s)). Detection score 304.1. 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. Updates: 2026-10-11 Planet check: Probably noise or an instrument effect 2026-10-11 Rare-find check: Lopsided transit 2026-10-11 Found by the automatic search in TESS sector 20

The signal

Type	Transit candidate
Status	Rare, already known
Period (days)	3.24624
Period source	hunt.py on TESS QLP sector 20
Eclipse / dip depth	3.2%
Amplitude	0.4%
Data used	TESS sector 20 (QLP)

Planet check

Verdict	Probably noise or an instrument effect ExoFOP check plot all test results light curve data
Size if it's a planet	~57.5 Earth radii (~5.13 Jupiter) - too big for a planet

The star (Gaia & TESS)

Distance (pc)	980 (~3,195 light years)
Colour, Gaia BP-RP	0.31
RUWE (Gaia)	1.00 - fits a single star
Radial velocity (Gaia)	speed changes by 156 km/s - likely an orbiting pair
Gaia G mag	11.14
TESS mag	10.99

Names & neighbours

TIC ID	68579310
Gaia DR3 ID	888998517344194560
SIMBAD name	TYC 2437-414-1 [*]
Nearest known variable	Gaia DR3 888998242466287232 (DSCT\|GDOR\|SXPHE), 129" away
RA (deg)	103.737
Dec (deg)	30.8866
Look it up	SIMBAD · VSX · ESASky · ExoFOP

Record

Found by	hunt.py (automatic)
Date	2026-10-11
Last update	2026-10-11

Where it sits among the stars

ESA Gaia colour and true brightness. Grey: every Star Log candidate. Orange: this star.

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Data files

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