Based upon an annual parallax shift of 19.19 mas,[1] it is 170 light-years distant from Earth.

At that distance, the visual magnitude is diminished by an extinction factor of 0.17 due to interstellar dust.

[5] This is an evolved G-type giant with an apparent visual magnitude of approximately 4.43.

[2] It is a red clump[6] star and the primary component of a suspected binary system, with the pair having an angular separation of 0.2 arcsecond.

Consequently, the Chinese name for β Lacertae itself is 螣蛇十 (Téng Shé shí, English: the Tenth Star of Flying Serpent).