[11] This object has a yellow-white hue and is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent magnitude of 4.40.

[2] It is located at a distance of approximately 170 light-years from the Sun based on parallax,[1] but is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −8.6 km/s.

Its projected galactic orbit carries it between 18,600 and 26,300 light-years from the center of the galaxy.

[3] The star has 2.2[7] times the mass of the Sun and is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 73.4 km/s.

The star bore the traditional Arabic name Al Karab ("the Bucket-rope").