It is a dim star but visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.13.

[2] Based on an annual parallax shift of 5.23 mas as seen from Earth,[1] this star is located around 410 light years from the Sun.

[4] This is a B-type bright giant star with a stellar classification of B8 II.

[3] It is a Mercury-Manganese star, showing an overabundance of these elements in its spectrum.

The mean longitudinal magnetic field strength is 8.28±11.55 G.[10] The star has about four times the mass of the Sun and is radiating 490[6] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 13,500 K.[7]