[2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 10.16 mas as seen from the Earth,[1] the system is located around 320 light years from the Sun.

The pair are A-type main sequence stars with stellar classifications of A1 V.[3] A magnitude 11.3 visual companion star, labelled component C, is located at an angular separation of 33.2 arc seconds along a position angle of 342°, as of 1999.

[9] Theta Piscis Austrini is moving through the Galaxy at a speed of 21.3 km/s relative to the Sun.

Theta Piscis Austrini came closest to the Sun 2.7 million years ago at a distance of 256 light-years.

Consequently, the Chinese name for θ Piscis Austrini itself is 天錢二 (Tiān Qián èr, English: the Second Star of Celestial Money.