TOI-6044.01 shows a compact signal near GZ Dra eclipse times in TESS Sector 59

We tested the small flux loss assigned to TOI-6044.01 with the eclipse times of GZ Dra. An exploratory catalog search selected this pair by period and sky position. We used public two-minute light curves from seven sectors and the original Sector 59 target pixels. A template built only from GZ Dra gives a corrected target depth of 382 ± 59 parts per million in Sector 59. This mean uses ten events. A quadratic time baseline gives 340 ± 71 parts per million. Aperture flux, pixel sums, and motion controls retain the signal. The loss image is compact near the target star image. GZ Dra is 27.25 arcminutes away. Its image center is about one detector column from the target center in this sector. A uniform column loss does not describe the full pixel pattern. The six other sectors give a pooled depth of −21 ± 25 parts per million at the fixed reference phase. A separate secondary template gives 151 ± 80 parts per million in Sector 59. This value agrees with a scaled binary secondary depth within the event error. It does not confirm a common source. The errors depend on the selected template and time models. We did not search the full uncertain TOI period range. The evidence defines an unresolved signal for further source tests. It does not establish a planet or confirm contamination from GZ Dra. The package contains native data, source records, code, results, figures, and instructions.

TOI-6044.01 · TIC 356916207 · GZ Dra · TIC 356896561 · TESS · eclipsing binaries · planet candidate · pixel photometry · ephemeris matching