Because of its great distance, about 4,900 light-years, and location in the crowded field it was not notable in any way.
The spectral type of the star is type F. A yellow-white, very metal-rich dwarf star, it is slightly hotter and more luminous than the Sun.
In 2003 the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE) detected periodic dimming in the star's light curve indicating a transiting, planetary-sized object.
[1] Since low-mass red dwarfs and brown dwarfs may mimic a planet radial velocity measurements were necessary to calculate the mass of the body.
In 2004 the object was proved to be a new transiting extrasolar planet, OGLE-TR-132b.