Based upon an annual parallax shift of 13.19 mas as seen from Earth,[1] it is located around 250 light years from the Sun.

Consequently, δ Pyxidis itself is known as 天狗七 (Tiān Gǒu qī, English: the Seventh Star of Celestial Dog.

[11] The visible component has a stellar classification of A3 IV,[3] indicating it has the spectrum of an A-type subgiant star that is consuming the last of the hydrogen at its core.

At the age of around 296 million years,[6] it is 92.5%[3] of the way through its main sequence lifetime and is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 68 km/s.

It is radiating 59[3] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of roughly 8,609 K.[6]