The star appears in many stellar catalogs as early as the 1890s. However, it remained largely unobserved until the first extrasolar planet was discovered in 1995. Astronomer C. Seligman studied the star looking for the tell tale signs of a planetary system during the 2000s, advancements continued well into the 2010s when the first planet was discovered which became Seligman 505A. He continued to observe the system where two more planets came to be known and identified as Seligman 505B and 505A. The news swept the world when Seligman 505B was given an E.S.I. of 0.80 becoming the nearest most habitable planet to Earth within twenty light-years.