The distance to this star has been determined using parallax measurements made with the Gaia telescope, which place it at 223 ± 8 light-years (68.4 ± 2.5 parsecs).

It has been listed as likely member of the Ursa Major Moving Group of stars that share a similar location and a common trajectory through space.

[7] Backwards extrapolation of the motion of γ Microscopii has shown that approximately 3.8 million years ago, it was only around 6 light-years from the Sun.

[8] Shortly before that, around 3.9 million years ago, it likely passed within 1.14 to 3.45 light-years of the Sun, possibly massive enough and close enough to disturb the Oort cloud.

[15] The same authors looked at Proper Motion Data collected with Gaia DR2 and didn't confirm the close encounter based on that dataset.