It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +4.11.
[2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 16.17 mas as seen from the Earth,[1] the star is located about 340 light years from the Sun.
The star is moving closer to the Sun with a radial velocity of around −15.5 km/s.
[4] This is an evolved K-type giant star with a stellar classification of K0 III.
The star is radiating 91 times the Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 5,039 K.[5] It has an A5 type[7] magnitude 9.36 companion at an angular separation of 81.9 arc seconds along a position angle of 220°, as of 2010.