The system is separated from the brighter Alpha2 Capricorni by 0.11° of the sky, a gap resolvable with the naked eye, similar to Mizar and Alcor.

The star is located at a distance of approximately 870 light years from the solar system based on parallax measurements, but is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −25 km/s.

[1] The star is past first dredge-up and has already evolved through the Cepheid instability strip; it may be about to do so a second time.

[3] Three other faint visual companion stars lie within one arc-minute, so are unresolveable in small telescopes.

Separation is increasing rapidly due to great proper motion of the primary star.