An annual parallax shift of 61.64 mas provides a distance estimate of 62 light years.
It is moving closer with a radial velocity of −5 km/s,[4] and in an estimated 2.7 million years will pass within 24.3 ly (7.46 pc) of the Sun.
[11] In the next 7500 years, the south Celestial pole will pass close to this star and Omega Carinae (5800 CE).
[12] Gray et al. (2006) gave this star a stellar classification of F3 V,[3] indicating it is an F-type main-sequence star that is generating energy through hydrogen fusion at its core.
It is younger than the Sun with an estimated age of 977[6] million years, and is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 51.6 km/s.