It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 3.86,[2] and forms a double star with Kappa2 Lupi.
[10] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 18.12[1] mas as seen from Earth, it is located about 180 light years from the Sun.
With an estimated age of 195[3] million years, it is about 75% of the way through its life span on the main sequence.
[5] This rate of spin is giving the star an oblate shape with an equatorial bulge that is an estimated 9% larger than the polar radius.
[12] In Chinese astronomy, Kappa1 Lupi is called 騎陣將軍, Pinyin: Qízhènjiāngjūn, meaning Chariots and Cavalry General, because this star is marking itself and stand alone in Chariots and Cavalry General asterism, Root mansion (see : Chinese constellation).