It is a dim, yellow-hued star that lies just below the normal limit for visibility to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 6.63.
[2] The distance to this star is 129 light years based on parallax, and it has an absolute magnitude of 3.73.
[1] This object is a solar-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of G0.5V.
The metallicity, or abundance of elements with higher atomic numbers than helium, is slightly below solar.
[2] The star is radiating triple the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 5,818 K.[1] HD 215456 has two candidate planets that are around 32 and 76 times as massive as the earth with orbital periods of just under 192 and 2226 days, respectively.