A solitary,[12] suspected variable star, it is visible to the naked eye as a faint blue-white point of light with an apparent visual magnitude that has been measured ranging between 4.24 and 4.30.
[3] Parallax measurements yield a distance estimate of 298 light years from the Sun, and it is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +23 km/s.
[6] This is a B-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of B4 V[4] that is generating energy through core hydrogen fusion.
[13] This object is about 23[8] million years old with a high projected rotational velocity of 255 km/s.
[5] The rapid rotation is creating an equatorial bulge that is 12% larger than the polar radius.