The combined apparent visual magnitude of the system is 5.05,[2] which means it is faintly visible to the naked eye.
The annual parallax shift is 11.75 mas,[1] indicating a distance of around 280 light years.
[5] Their combined spectral matches a classification of A0/1 V[4] and their angular separation 0,4 arcseconds, so for the observation a telescope with at least 30 centimetres aperture is require.
There is a magnitude 12.28 companion star C at an angular separation of 36.9 arc seconds along a position angle of 333°, as of 2000.
The proper motion of this star differs from the Gamma Sextantis AB system, having components μα = −29 mas/yr and μδ = +5 mas/yr.