It is approximately 32.6 parsecs (106 light-years) from the Sun and has an apparent visual magnitude of +2.96,[2] making it the seventh-brightest star in the constellation.

Consequently, Gamma2 Sagittarii itself is known as 箕宿一 (Jī Sù yī, English: the First Star of Winnowing Basket.

)[15] A stellar classification of K0 III reveals that this is a giant star, having expanded to an estimated 12 times the Sun's radius.

[2] This means it has exhausted the hydrogen in its core and evolved away from the main sequence.

It is this lower temperature that gives Gamma2 Sagittarii the orange hue that is a characteristic of K-type stars.