NGTS-1, also designated as TOI-551 is a solitary star located in the southern constellation Columba, the dove.
Gaia DR3 parallax measurements imply a distance of 710 light-years[1] and it is drifting away rapidly with a heliocentric radial velocity of 97.2 km/s.
It spins too slowly for it to be measured accurately, having a projected rotational velocity lower than 1.0 km/s.
[3] The discovery of a hot Jupiter orbiting the star was reported in 2017 as part of the Next Generation Transit Survey.
[3] The media also dubbed NGTS-1b as "monstrous" since the planet is relatively large compared to its host star.