It has a combined apparent visual magnitude of 4.63[2] and can be seen with the naked eye, although the two components are too close together to be resolved without a telescope.

[3] At an angular separation of 1.426 ± 0.010 arcseconds from the brighter component, along a position angle of 209.2° ± 0.3°,[8] is the magnitude 5.5 companion.

[3] Both are A-type main sequence stars with a stellar classification of A2 Vs.[4] (The 's' suffix indicates that the absorption lines in the spectrum are distinctly narrow.)

Within the measurement margin of error, their projected rotational velocities are deemed identical at 60 km/s.

[9] According to the catalogue of stars in the Technical Memorandum 33-507 - A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars, Al Buṭain were the title for five stars :δ Ari as Botein, π Ari as Al Buṭain I, ρ3 Ari as Al Buṭain II, ε Ari as Al Buṭain III and ζ Ari as Al Buṭain IV[10] In Chinese astronomy, Epsilon Arietis may be or may be part of Tso Kang (from Cantonese 左更 zogang, Mandarin pronunciation zuǒgēng).