It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +4.9.

[2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 54.71 mas as seen from the Earth,[1] the star is located 59.6 light years from the Sun.

This is an F-type main sequence star with a stellar classification of F6 V.[3] It is about 1.3[7] billion years old with a projected rotational velocity of 14[4] km/s and exhibits a low level of activity.

[5] It is radiating 2.82[5] times the solar luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 6,324 K.[4] This star is a candidate for hosting a debris disk, as it displayed an initial near infrared excess that faded with further observations.

Consequently, the Chinese name for τ Piscis Austrini itself is 天錢五 (Tiān Qián wǔ, English: the Fifth Star of Celestial Money.