It is one of the stars catalogued in astronomer Johann Bayer's 1603 publications Uranometria.

Based on research done by the European Space Agency for the Hipparcos Star Catalogue, Lambda Muscae exhibits a parallax of 25.42 milliarcseconds.

[9] With this data it can be calculated that Lambda Muscae is situated at a distance of 39.3 parsecs, or 128.0 light years, away from the sun.

Lambda Muscae is a star of the third magnitude (or 3.68(v) to be exact) when viewed from the Earth, and is visible to the naked eye in regions that lack dense light pollution.

[10] The A7 portion of this designation that Lambda Muscae Aa is a class A7 star, meaning the light it emits is bluish-white in color and burns at a temperature significantly hotter than the Sun, which is a G2 star.