[9] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 13.00 mas as seen from Earth, is approximately 250 light years from the Sun.
It is visible to the naked eye with a combined apparent visual magnitude of +4.48.
[2] As of 2013, the two components had an angular separation of 7.0 arc seconds along a position angle of 282°.
[10] The brighter primary, component A, is blue-white hued star a visual magnitude of 4.52.
It is spinning rapidly with a projected rotational velocity of 224 km/s,[7] which is giving the star an oblate shape with an equatorial bulge that is an estimated 12% larger than the polar radius.