[2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 6.51 mas as measured from Earth,[1] it is located around 500 light years from the Sun.

At that distance, the visual magnitude of the star is diminished by an extinction factor of 0.16 due to interstellar dust.

The star is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 50 km/s[8] and is 76% of the way through its main sequence lifetime.

It is radiating 249 times the solar luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 12,023 K.[6] Lambda Piscis Austrini is moving through the Galaxy at a speed of 18.1 km/s relative to the Sun.

Consequently, the Chinese name for λ Piscis Austrini itself is 羽林軍六 (Yǔ Lín Jūn liù, English: the Sixth Star of Palace Guard.