The primary component has an apparent visual magnitude of 5.37, while the secondary companion is magnitude 5.65;[2] individually, both a bright enough to be faintly visible to the naked eye.

Based upon parallax measurements, the stars appear to be around 420−430 light-years from the Sun.

The brightest component, κ1 Volantis, is a blue-white B-type star with a stellar classification showing characteristics of a both a subgiant and giant star.

It has an unseen companion, and the pair form a single-lined spectroscopic binary.

It radiates at 129 times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 9,884 K. Separated from κ1 Volantis by 65 arcseconds, κ2 Volantis is a white subgiant star that falls between a B-type and A-type classification.