This system is located at a distance of 122 light years from the Sun based on parallax measurements,[1] but it is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −91.3 km/s.
[3] An older stellar classification of G3 V/IV[14] suggested it may be near the end of its main sequence lifespan and is evolving into a subgiant star.
[13] This is an older star with an estimated age of nearly 8[8] billion years and a low level of magnetic activity in its chromosphere.
It is radiating 2.23 times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 5,825 K.[8] The co-moving companion, component B, was first reported by G. W. Hough in 1881.
[2] In 1998, a planet was discovered at Lick Observatory utilizing a radial velocity method, orbiting around Star HD 195019 A.