It has a yellow-white hue and is dimly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.43.

[2] The star is located at a distance of 136 light years based on parallax,[1] but is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −12 km/s.

[5] The stellar classification of Lambda Coronae Borealis is F2 IV-V,[3] which means it is somewhat hotter than the sun and shows spectral features intermediate between a main sequence and subgiant star.

Based on the amount of iron in the atmosphere, the elemental abundances are similar to those in the Sun.

The cooler outer disk is orbiting 144.07 AU from the star with a temperature of 40 K.[11] A magnitude 11.44 visual companion was discovered by W. Herschel in 1782.