[2] The distance to this system, based upon an annual parallax shift of 13.94 mas,[1] is around 234 lightyears.
[10] It has the uncommon traditional name Ghusn al Zaitun, from the Arabic الغصن الزيتون al-ghuşn al-zaitūn "the olive branch" (carried by the dove of Noah's Ark).
[citation needed] This is a single-lined spectroscopic binary system with an orbital period of 868.78 days and an eccentricity of 0.7.
The primary component is a G-type bright giant star with a stellar classification of G7 II.
[3] It radiates around 149[7] time the solar luminosity from its outer atmosphere at an effective temperature of 5,136 K.[4]