It is approximately 40.37 light-years (12.38 parsecs) from Earth and has an apparent visual magnitude of +2.85.

[9] It is a F-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of F1 V.[3] Beta TrA has a 14th magnitude optical companion at an angular separation of 155 arcseconds.

Observation with the Spitzer Space Telescope reveals what appears to be an excess infrared emission from this star.

This suggests the presence of circumstellar material in this system, making it a debris disk candidate.

[11] β TrA appears on the flag of Brazil, symbolising the state of Santa Catarina.