It is visible to the naked eye with a combined apparent visual magnitude of 4.85.
[2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 17.78 mas as seen from the Earth,[1] it is located about 183 light years from the Sun.
[7] The brighter member, component Aa,[7] is an evolved K-type giant star with a stellar classification of K0 III.
[3] It is a red clump star that is generating energy by helium fusion at its core.
It is radiating 36 times the solar luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,853 K.[4]