HIP 13044 is a red horizontal-branch star about 2,300 light years (700 pc) from Earth in the constellation Fornax.
[3][5] The star is part of the Helmi stream, a former dwarf galaxy that merged with the Milky Way between six and nine billion years ago.
[6] The team also used photometric data that had been passively collected by and publicly released into the archive of the SuperWASP collaboration, which had been observing the region where the star was located.
Analysis of the SuperWASP and FEROS data led to the supposed discovery of the planet HIP 13044 b,[6] although this claim was later refuted.
[7] HIP 13044 is fairly evolved star fusing helium in its core, and has therefore already passed the red-giant phase of its evolution.