It is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.13.

[2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 21.85 mas as seen from Earth, it is located about 149 light years from the Sun.

[5] Based upon a stellar classification of A9IV-V,[3] the visible component is an evolving, white-hued A-type star with a spectrum that shows mixed traits of a main sequence and a subgiant star.

The star is around 500 million years old[8] with a projected rotational velocity of 49 km/s.

[6] It is radiating 42[6] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 8,006 K.[8]