It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 3.54.
[2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 9.65 mas as seen from Earth, it is located around 338 light years from the Sun.
At that distance, the visual magnitude of the star is diminished by an extinction factor of 0.23 due to interstellar dust.
[9] This is giving the star an oblate shape with an equatorial bulge that is an estimated 12% larger than the polar radius.
The star radiates 2,082[8] times the solar luminosity from its outer atmosphere at an effective temperature of 18,605[7] K.