HD 126614 is a 9th magnitude

Apparent magnitude

The apparent magnitude of a celestial body is a measure of its brightness as seen by an observer on Earth, adjusted to the value it would have in the absence of the atmosphere...

 trinary star located approximately 223 light years away in the constellation

Constellation

In modern astronomy, a constellation is an internationally defined area of the celestial sphere. These areas are grouped around asterisms, patterns formed by prominent stars within apparent proximity to one another on Earth's night sky....

 Virgo

Virgo (constellation)

Virgo is one of the constellations of the zodiac. Its name is Latin for virgin, and its symbol is . Lying between Leo to the west and Libra to the east, it is the second largest constellation in the sky...

. HD 126614 A is a K-type star while HD 126614 B and NLTT 37349 are M-type stars. Star A is larger, cooler, brighter, and more massive than our Sun. Also its metal

Metallicity

In astronomy and physical cosmology, the metallicity of an object is the proportion of its matter made up of chemical elements other than hydrogen and helium...

 content is 3.6 times as much as the Sun, the highest metallicity planet-hosting star discovered in 2009.

See also

• HD 34445
  HD 34445
  HD 34445 is a 7th magnitude G-type star located approximately 152 light years away in the constellation Orion. This star is larger, hotter, brighter, and more massive than our Sun. Also its metal content is 40% greater than the Sun. In 2004, a gas giant planet was found in orbit around the star...
  
  
• HD 24496
  HD 24496
  HD 24496 is a 7th magnitude G-type wide binary star located approximately 67 light years away in the constellation Taurus. This star is smaller, cooler, fainter, and less massive than our Sun. Also its metal content is just 2% greater than the Sun...
  
  
• HD 13931
  HD 13931
  HD 13931 is an 8th magnitude G-type star located approximately 144 light years away in the constellation Andromeda. This star is larger, hotter, brighter, and more massive than our Sun. Also its metal content is about 8% greater than the Sun...
  
  
• Gliese 179
• QS Virginis
  QS Virginis
  QS Virginis is an eclipsing binary system approximately 157 light-years away from Sun, forming a cataclysmic variable...
  
  
• List of extrasolar planets