The designation is from the star catalogue of English astronomer John Flamsteed, first published in 1712.
It has a combined apparent magnitude of 6.16,[2] which is near the lower limit of stars that are visible to the naked eye under good seeing conditions.
An annual parallax shift of 18.3 mas[6] provides a distance estimate of 178 light years.
[3] The variable velocity of this system was reported by Reynold K. Young from the David Dunlap Observatory in 1945.
The system is around 1.3[4] billion years old and both stars are spinning slowly with a projected rotational velocity of around 4–5 km/s.