It has an apparent visual magnitude of 4.65, which is bright enough to be seen with the unaided eye under suitable viewing conditions.

[7] The abundance of elements other than hydrogen and helium, what astronomers term the star's metallicity, is slightly higher than in the Sun.

[9] In July 2009, it was discovered that Chi Virginis has a massive planet with a high orbital eccentricity of 0.46.

[10] In May 2015, the existence of a second planet candidate, HD 110014 c [es], (Chi Virginis c, about three times the mass of Jupiter and having an orbit roughly that of Venus) was announced by Chilean astronomer Maritza Soto.

The two-planet model could not be confirmed, and the radial velocity variations attributed to the second planet might instead be caused by a starspot.