HD 50554

 
 
HD 50554 is a star approximately away in the constellation Gemini.
Star.
HD 50554 is a yellow-white main-sequence star [F8V] that currently fuse hydrogen in its core. Since the star is 7th magnitude, it is not visible to the unaided eye, but with binoculars or a telescope, it should be easy to see this star. The age of the star is only 10 million years older than our Sun. It is a population I star with metallicity of –0.07 dex [Fe/H] or 85% as much metals as the Sun.
Planetary system.
In 2001, a giant planet was announced by the European Southern Observatory, who used the radial velocity method. The discovery was confirmed in 2002 using observations from the lick and keck telescopes.