[10] It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, orange-hued point of light with an apparent visual magnitude of 3.67.
[2] The star is located approximately 600 light years from the Sun, based on parallax, but is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −5 km/s.
[11] Having consumed the supply of hydrogen at its core, this star has expanded off the main sequence and now has about 56[8] times the girth of the Sun.
[7] The star is radiating 1,183 times the Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,541 K.[8] β Indi has a visual companion, CCDM J20548-5827B, with an apparent visual magnitude of approximately 12.5.
As of 2015, it lies at an angular separation of 17.2″ along a position angle of 100° from the brighter component.