The system has a combined apparent visual magnitude of 4.20,[2] making it faintly visible to the naked eye.

It is located 56.4 light-years (17.3 parsecs) from the Sun, based on its parallax.

[1] Gamma Coronae Australis is a member of the Milky Way's thin disk.

The primary, Gamma Coronae Australis A, is a late F-type main-sequence star with an effective temperature of 6,090 K.[6] It has an absolute an absolute magnitude of +3.73, and a mass of 1.15 solar masses.

[6] Gamma Coronae Australis has been known to be a binary for a long time, and its two components have been given Henry Draper Catalogue designations of HD 177474[8] and HD 177475,[9] respectively.