HD 108063

HD 108063 is a star that lies 171 light-years away in the constellation of Centaurus. The star is not particularly noteworthy except for its high heavy element content.

Properties

HD 108063 is a somewhat bright star that lies in an area of the southern sky towards the middle of Centaurus. It has not been studied particularly extensively, but was identified as modestly high proper motion star during the previous century. With a Gaia Data Release 3 parallax of, it lies at a distance of 52.4 parsecs, so the star is relatively nearby. It has been classified as a G5III or G4IV star, and evolutionary models place it on the subgiant branch.
HD 108063 has a high metallicity, with being about 0.55 dex, which corresponds to a metallicity of 3.54 times the solar value. This is one of the highest metallicities for any known star, and is identical to 1σ to the Fe/H of HD 126614 and HD 177830.