This star is located at a distance of approximately 410 light-years from the Sun[1] but is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −10 km/s.

[11] However, a 2010 study failed to detect technicium in the atmosphere, indicating this oxygen-rich AGB star is Tc-poor.

[12] O. J. Eggen found the star is a likely member of the Hyades supergroup, which suggests an age of 500 million to one billion years and a mass double that of the Sun.

The decline may be due to a prior thermal pulse caused by a helium flash under a hydrogen-fusing shell.

[6] An extended emission component has been detected in the infrared that indicates a detached, expanding dust shell surrounds the star.