{"_facts":{"companion":"1.8","deep":"","dossier":"","gaia_eb":"","impression":"","period":"","planet":"","rare":"Eccentric eclipsing binary","toi":""},"amplitude":"1.1%","cover":"TIC742710080_s0020.png","data_used":"TESS sector 20 (QLP)","date":"2026-10-11","dec":"52.8239","depth":"67.6%","distance_pc":"468 (~1,527 light years)","found_by":"hunt.py (automatic)","gaia_dr3":"981468098072910592","gaia_gmag":"13.22","history":[{"date":"2026-10-11","text":"Found by the automatic search in TESS sector 20"},{"date":"2026-10-11","text":"Gaia hints at a hidden companion star (RUWE 1.8)"},{"date":"2026-10-11","text":"Rare-find check: Eccentric eclipsing binary"}],"last_update":"2026-10-11","nearest_variable":"CSS_J070822.5+524730 (EW, P = 0.26207 d), 117\" away","nearest_variable_id":"CSS_J070822.5+524730","notes":"Notable, already known: Eccentric eclipsing binary (in SIMBAD as TYC 3780-1078-1 (*); catalogued variable star nearby: CSS_J070822.5+524730 (EW, P = 0.26207 d), 117\" away).\n\nFound automatically by hunt.py in TESS sector 20 (flagged in 1 sector(s)). Detection score 1080.5.\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:\n2026-10-11  Rare-find check: Eccentric eclipsing binary\n2026-10-11  Gaia hints at a hidden companion star (RUWE 1.8)\n2026-10-11  Found by the automatic search in TESS sector 20","period_days":"10.4158","period_source":"hunt.py on TESS QLP sector 20","ra":"107.103","rare":"Eccentric eclipsing binary","rare_checked":"2026-10-11 21:17","rare_clear":["Microlensing (rogue planet?)","Exocomet-shaped dip","Eclipse timing (third body?)","Pulsating star in an eclipsing binary","Extra dips outside the eclipses","Type of star"],"rare_device":"GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 (CUDA, CuPy)","rare_flags":[{"id":"eccentric_eb","level":"notable","name":"Eccentric eclipsing binary","text":"The second eclipse comes at phase 0.423 instead of 0.5: the orbit is stretched (eccentricity at least 0.121). Eccentric binaries show how tides shape orbits, and their slowly turning orbits test General Relativity."}],"rare_known":true,"rare_known_why":["in SIMBAD as TYC 3780-1078-1 (*)","catalogued variable star nearby: CSS_J070822.5+524730 (EW, P = 0.26207 d), 117\" away"],"rare_level":"notable","rare_n":9,"ruwe":"1.79 - hints at a hidden companion star","score":"1080.5","sector":20,"simbad_id":"TYC 3780-1078-1","simbad_name":"TYC 3780-1078-1 [*]","status":"Notable, already known","tic":"742710080","title":"TIC 742710080","tmag":"12.76","type":"Eclipsing binary"}