{"_facts":{"companion":"","deep":"","dossier":"","gaia_eb":"","impression":"","period":"","planet":"","rare":"Transits of a giant star","toi":""},"amplitude":"0.8%","bp_rp":"1.14","cover":"TIC99899461_s0021.png","data_used":"TESS sector 21 (QLP)","date":"2026-10-11","dec":"60.5808","depth":"0.7%","distance_pc":"1,063 (~3,468 light years)","found_by":"hunt.py (automatic)","gaia_dr3":"861142252814207616","gaia_gmag":"11.81","history":[{"date":"2026-10-11","text":"Found by the automatic search in TESS sector 21"},{"date":"2026-10-11","text":"Rare-find check: Transits of a giant star"}],"hr":[1.143,1.673],"last_update":"2026-10-11","nearest_variable":"NSVS 2598586 (EB, P = 1.6159 d), 90\" away (same period!)","nearest_variable_id":"NSVS 2598586","notes":"Notable, already known: Transits of a giant star (the catalogued variable NSVS 2598586 (EB, 90\" away) has the same period - its light leaks into TESS's big pixels; same period as the known variable NSVS 2598586).\n\nWARNING: same period as the known variable NSVS 2598586 90\" away; the signal is probably its light leaking in.\nFound automatically by hunt.py in TESS sector 21 (flagged in 3 sector(s)). Detection score 123.0.\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: Transits of a giant star\n2026-10-11  Found by the automatic search in TESS sector 21","period_days":"1.61421","period_source":"hunt.py on TESS QLP sector 21","ra":"167.582","rare":"Transits of a giant star","rare_checked":"2026-10-11 16:49","rare_clear":["Microlensing (rogue planet?)","Exocomet-shaped dip","Habitable zone & size","Transit timing (TTV)","Transit duration (TDV)","Changing transit depth","Lopsided transit","Dimming beside the transit"],"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 NSVS 2598586 (EB, 90\" away) has the same period - its light leaks into TESS's big pixels","same period as the known variable NSVS 2598586"],"rare_level":"notable","rare_n":11,"ruwe":"1.11 - fits a single star","score":"123.0","sector":21,"simbad_name":"not in SIMBAD","status":"Notable, already known","tic":"99899461","title":"TIC 99899461","tmag":"11.22","type":"Transit candidate"}