It is a photometric-standard star[11] that is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.70.
[2] With an annual parallax shift of 11.63 mas as seen from Earth, it is located around 280 light years from the Sun.
[5] This is a B-type main sequence star with a stellar classification of B9.5 Vn,[3] where the 'n' suffix indicates "nebulous" absorption lines due to rapid rotation.
It is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 212 km/s,[3] giving the star an oblate shape with an equatorial bulge that is an estimated 7% larger than the polar radius.
With an age of about 117 million years,[6] it is radiating 107[8] times the solar luminosity from its outer atmosphere at an effective temperature of 11,524 K.[6]