It is a blue-white hued star that is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude that fluctuates around 4.22.

[2] This object is located approximately 1,400 light years from the Sun, based upon parallax.

[3] The stellar classification of B2Ve[4] suggests it is a B-type main-sequence star that is generating energy through core hydrogen fusion.

[11] This is giving the star an oblate shape with an equatorial bulge that is an estimated 10% larger than the polar radius.

[9] It is radiating 8,450[2] times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 20,300 K.[10] Variations in signals coming from Lambda Pavonis have led to a debate on whether it is a binary, single or pulsating variable star.