It is faintly visible to the naked eye as an orange-hued point of light with an apparent magnitude of 5.36.
[2] Parallax measurements imply a distance of 413 light-years[1] and it is drifting closer with a heliocentric radial velocity of −31.2 km/s.
[7] HD 131109 was the first star observed to be variable in the constellation; It was first discovered in 1873 by Benjamin Apthorp Gould.
[5] R Apodis has a stellar classification of K4 III:,[3] indicating that it is an evolved K-type giant that has ceased hydrogen fusion at its core and left the main sequence.
[6] It radiates 293 times the luminosity of the Sun[1] from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,318 K.[6] R Apodis is metal deficient with an iron abundance roughly half of the Sun's[6] and it spins slowly with a projected rotational velocity lower than 1.3 km/s.