It is a faint star but visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.38.

[2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 7.7237 mas as seen from the Gaia satellite, it is located 420 light years from the Sun.

[5] This is an evolved red giant[11] with a stellar classification of G8 IIIa CN 0.5.

[3] The suffix notation indicates a mild overabundance of the cyanogen molecule in the spectrum.

Consequently, the Chinese name for β Sagittae itself is 左旗二 (Zuǒ Qí èr, English: the Second Star of Left Flag.