Gaia DR3 parallax measurements imply a distance of 339 light-years[1] and it is currently drifitng away with a heliocentric radial velocity of 19.0 km/s.

[7] Chi1 Fornacis has a stellar classification of A1 IV,[4] indicating that it is a slightly evolved A-type star that is ceasing hydrogen fusion at its core.

Alternatively, it has been given a class of A1 Vbn,[16] indicating that it is instead a slightly less luminous A-type main-sequence star with broad or nebulous absorption lines due to rapid rotation.

[9] It radiates 31.24 times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 8,870 K.[3] Chi1 Fornacis has a solar metallicity[8] and it is estimated to be only 5.5 million years old.

[17] A remarkable, unprecedented aspect of the cluster is the large percentage of M-type stars with warm excess infrared emission due to orbiting dust grains.